My recent post, “It’s Time for America’s Churches to Take Their Financial Responsibilities to Widows and Others Seriously,” has received overwhelming support. It’s been downloaded from my site over 20,000 times and shared by over 4,000 people. Now I want to extend the thought in that post. What would it […]
Herb Reese
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I don’t know if this is true or not, but the story goes that a psychology class decided to do a little “experiment” on their professor. They all agreed that everytime the professor – who liked to stand while he taught his class – moved to their right, they would […]
When you think about it, there are certain things we can do only here on earth that we will not be able to do when we get to heaven. I’m not talking about sinful things. I’m talking about good things, very good things. Take patience, for example. There will be […]
Christians, do you know that God and Satan have an ongoing argument about us? It goes something like this: God: “Have you seen my new child, [your name here]? He made a decision to trust in Jesus Christ for his salvation. Now, he’s attending church, praying and reading his Bible. […]
Not all types of faith are created equal. In my last two posts I’ve written about evidence-based faith and ordinary faith. But neither one of these kinds of faith will earn anyone brownie points with God. The reason is because they simply treat God as an object. For example, a […]
If you ever get a chance to drive along Pacific Coast Highway – Highway 1 – do it. It’s one of the most beautiful scenic drives in America. As a child growing up in California, my family made that detour more than once on our way to visit relatives in […]
Taco Tuesday was a special night last night for me and Patti. We celebrated her last day at work and entrance into retirement after forty years working as a nurse practitioner with a hot date to Rubio’s in our local mall. Living with someone working in the medical field for […]
My house guest for the week got a frown on his face. “I’m sorry, I don’t shop here. They support…” He had been helping me with a DIY project at home. But when I needed something from Home Depot and invited him to come along without mentioning where I was […]
I know. I know. What is the president of a national men’s ministry doing watching Hallmark Movies? They’re formulaic (boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back), cheaply made (I jokingly call them “Walmart movies” to my wife), and targeted at women (After watching one I get the […]
Any disciple of Jesus knows that he or she must have this one goal in mind: to love others the way he has loved us. We see the importance of this goal in the following scriptures: “A new command I give you, love one another. As I have loved you, […]