“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” (Acts 9:5) Former Alabama Governor George Wallace’s death a few weeks ago symbolized a lot more than a ceremonial death to the racial hatred that our country experienced during the 1960’s. Wallace stood against many of the victories that black Americans fought so hard for in the 1960’s and steadfastly opposed so much of the progress that I have witnessed for minorities in our country. In his first inaugural address as the newly elected Governor of Alabama in 1963, it was […]

“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15) My wife and I are going through a storm. It’s a pretty ferocious one, too. Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse for us, the wind picks up and the rain begins to pelt even harder. She’s handling it […]

“The tongue… corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.” (James 3:6) President Clinton’s address to the nation after his testimony before the Grand Jury was as dark of a moral moment in the history of our country as I can remember. I never thought I would hear an American president face the country in order to admit to an adulterous relationship. I have never been more disappointed in a national leader, but I have […]

“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3) The one Christian promise that I don’t particularly like is the fact that Christian living will bring more than its share of suffering. But that’s exactly what Jesus promised us when He said, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross […]