One of the biggest benefits of change is how you don’t stay the same. OK, that’s my profound quote of the week for you. I know you were waiting for it. And I didn’t wanna make you wait too long. So I got it over with on Monday. Anyway… I’m actually gonna talk about the benefits of change. And I’m gonna start out by … Read the rest…
Category Archives: I Timothy
After I had been singing for a while, as a young dude, I started daydreaming. Maybe one day I’d rise to the top and have all the money my heart could possibly desire. Just from singin’ for my supper, so to speak (or should I say sing?). Yeah, buckets of money in gold, silver, greenbacks, and diamonds. So, before every practice or rehearsal, I’d … Read the rest…
Even though Paul said we should pray for the “kings and all who are in authority,” I can think of a huge number of people I’ll pray against. Murderers. Rapists. And thieves. To name just a few. Because I can pray FOR the king (and other sinners) as I pray against him. And if you’re like me, it isn’t easy to pray for people … Read the rest…
If you care about your kids and grandkids, pay attention to this. Way, way back in the twentieth century, I was able to go to college in the rural countryside of Kansas. Have you ever watched the episode of The Waltons about John boy’s first day in college? Well, watching him is practically like watching me show up for my first day. Because the … Read the rest…
One time, back in my full-time musician days, as my band set up to play for an evening crowd in Denver, I made a good, clean humor pun about something. I don”t even remember what it was. But a guy, who helped set up the gear said, “Ooh, a pun! Those are the lowest form of humor.” I immediately replied, “I suppose if you … Read the rest…
You might not believe it. But America was actually debt free one time. It was way back in 1835. And it happened thanks to President Andrew Jackson. He was the first and only president to pay off the national debt completely. One biographer wrote that the former president “viewed debt as a ‘moral failing,’ a sort of black magic.” Tragically, America is now trillions … Read the rest…
Why would God issue something as a commandment? Do you think it’s just because He enjoys bossin’ us around? Or maybe you think it’s his preferred way of showing us who’s in charge? I think those things might be true now and then. But did you know that sometimes his purpose is love. Like when Paul wrote a letter to Timothy and explained how … Read the rest…