Recently, I have had a couple of reminders of how busy our college students often are. First, I asked two young men to speak at our Thanksgiving service at Lebanon Road. Both are college students, and I assumed that they had the entire week off of school. It turns out, both of them did not, [...]

When Hollywood depicts couples who are virtual strangers engaging in humanity’s most intimate physical act, the church needs to counter with a biblical view of marriage. –Stan Mitchell Gospel Advocate, November 2011 (page 17)

After Thanksgiving passes, we listen to Christmas music … a lot. In fact, we pretty much keep our radios set on stations that play only Christmas music. So, I do not avoid these tunes. However, just because a song talks about Christmas, winter, snow, or other related topics doesn’t mean I have to like it. [...]

Today’s post is a challenge. Let’s be honest, we all like a good challenge. My challenge today is for families. I challenge you to turn off the TV tonight from 5 until bedtime, and spend the entire evening with “the tube” off. Yes, I know Monday Night Football is tonight. I know there are sitcoms [...]

Okay, so it’s not the last Friday of the month, but it’s close enough, so it’s time for the November links roundup. And, since I know you are busy, we are going to cut out all the usual “conversation,” and just have 5 links, a fun video, the final 5 links, and then…well…you know how [...]