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Completeness
Twelve years on this date you went home to be with Jesus. In the Bible, twelve can represent completeness. Even though your spirit left a broken and battered body on an Iraqi desert floor, you were ushered into an eternity of completeness. I remember you sitting at my...
True Liberty
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book, "Losing Evangelicals: How Christians are Leaving Jesusland" The United States of America was founded on the principle of liberty. There is a difference between personal freedom and national liberty. The first...
My Visit with Dr. Dobson
Recently I had the great pleasure of visiting Dr. James Dobson and his top-notch professional staff at the James Dobson Family Institute (JDFI). Dr. Dobson is blessed to have Brian, Mike, Matt, Kyle, and all the others who make his radio show Family Talk such a great...
Garden Salvation
Fast forward to May 2004. My sister Kathy is dying from pancreatic cancer. She had become a shell of herself from all the chemotherapy and the ravages of the disease. I’m not sure if she ever fully realized I’d come from Florida to see her. I met with my Dad for lunch...
How Many Times?
My Dad and I went to his bedroom where we could sit and talk. He lived in a double-wide mobile home, so his bedroom was a little crowded. On either side of his bed were a nightstand and chair. Across from the foot of his bed were a TV and VCR. After a few minutes of...
No Baby Steps
It would help if I explain how I came to reconcile with my Dad. I recommitted my life to Christ on October 20, 1996. I was facing a divorce from my first wife and I was clueless on how to be a man. With that realization, I asked God to show me how to be a man. As...