December 2020

WEEKLY WORD: The year 2020 has been a year like no other. It has been the most difficult, the most challenging and for some the saddest year of their lives. Jesus told a story of the unfruitful fig tree that has a special challenge...

THE WORRY WAGON The story is told about a man walking along the road carrying a heavy bag on his back.  Along came a farmer in his wagon and stopped and offered the man a ride. He gratefully accepted and climbed on the wagon.  As they...

A man took his wife to see the doctor, and as he was sitting in the waiting room, he saw the doctor come rushing out, asking if someone had a screwdriver. He returned to the exam room with the screwdriver, but a few minutes later,...

Yesterday--or some other day--may have been the final day of your divorce, the day you were rejected, or the day you lost or buried a loved one; but as difficult as it seems right now, and as extremely sad as it is, in time it...

WEEKLY WORD: At the end of the 19th century, two French writers went to visit the well-known French scientist, Pierre Berthelot. Berthelot was a kind of scientific prophet. He forecast some of the weapons of mass destruction that would appear in the next century. He said to...

We place a lot of emphasis these days on creating new ideas and new methods to grow our churches and develop our organizations. But whenever God has a job to do and a gap to be filled, he always starts by choosing and calling an...

As a young boy living in rural America, Dale Carnegie used to amuse himself by holding a stick across a gateway that the sheep had to pass through. After the first few sheep jumped over the stick, Dale would take it away. Oddly enough, all of...

Drummond's Bar began construction on an expansion of their building to increase their business. In response, the local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from expanding with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up until the week before the grand reopening when...

On June 17, 1999, Edgbaston, Birmingham witnessed one of the most dramatic finishes in Cricket World Cup history. The South African cricket team almost beat the Australians in the deciding semi-final. But they didn’t. Instead, the game ended in a tie. A tragic...