Keeping It Clean

Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 Paul’s warning to not be overcome by evil reminds us that we…

It’s easy to get sentimental, but really, what good does it do? Gratitude today means more than sentiment, and honor, I believe, is an…

Sinful indulgence can be a language of sorts, the kind we learn early in life, then try to un-learn, but occasionally fall back into.…

He was strong and impressive; a clever Nazarite who could spin riddles, destroy lions barehanded and conquer a thousand men with a donkey’s jawbone.…

Ever read a verse an entirely new way? I just did, and it’s been simmering in my head ever since. For sure, we need…

The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians. –…

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.  For ye know how that afterward,…

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. -Horace “Relapse” mean “deterioration after a period of improvement.” It’s an enemy to avoid,…

Believe it or not, that tow-headed 17 year old is me playing Oscar Madison in a 1971 production of The Odd Couple at Wilson…

I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice — -Romans 12:1 This morning I…

“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification — that each of you possess your vessel in honor. -I Thessalonians 4: 3-4 Sexual…

Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.”  -Erwin W. Lutzer Yesterday, Australian Cardinal George Pell testified at a hearing…

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson Filipino…

I find myself “pocketing” certain points – small sayings, or bit-sized principles that can be useful – as a way of staying equipped to face…