“When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.” (Proverbs 10:19) My son confided in me the other day that he had become the victim of some pretty hurtful name-calling. “Mark, you need to remember that people often resort to insults in order to distract attention from their own faults,” I told him. “It’s an ego defense and you’re going to see it the rest of your life.” It’s true, but it’s not much help for a fourteen year-old with thin […]

“I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.” (Proverbs 4:11-12) I walk at a local park just about every day. I normally try to get my walk in after work, but have taken a few morning walks recently and noticed something different about the early morning crowd. They walk slower than the evening crowd. Why? The obvious answer is that the morning crowd is older and […]

“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” (Romans 1:16) Funeral services for soon-to-be golfing legend Payne Stewart were held recently at the First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, just four days after his chartered Lear 35 jet crashed in a South Dakota pasture. Stewart won three major championships and 15 other titles during his twenty years of professional golf, but his U.S. Open victory at Pinehurst last June was as memorable as any national […]

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” (James 1:2) History tells us that Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, movies with sound, and more than 1,000 other things. The truth is the quality of our lives has been immeasurably improved by the genius of a man who overcame dyslexia and found that there was a great deal to learn from the failures and trials that life brought his way. In 1914, the laboratory where many […]