The average American eats 2-3 pounds of sugar per week. A century ago, the average person consumed five pounds of sugar per year. Kyle Idleman documents this in his book, Gods at War, where he takes a look at the idols that we tend to worship. One question we should ask ourselves, Idleman says, is, "Where is … Continue reading I Go to the Rock
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How do you prepare for church on Sundays? I don’t mean laying your clothes out the night before, or making sure you have your Bible. I used to prepare on Sunday morning as a child by watching the cartoon, “Davey and Goliath.” Anybody old enough to remember that? I would sit on the sofa with … Continue reading How we should prepare for church
What if I woke up one morning and noticed a puddle of water on the floor in the bedroom, and I took quick action by looking up, and there I noticed that the problem was something in the ceiling. Yep, I tell my wife, there’s a leak up there somewhere. Then I address the problem … Continue reading The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart
John Feinstein wrote an article for The Washington Post a few days after Dean Smith's 83rd birthday, and one story he told stood out to me above the rest. When Smith arrived in Chapel Hill in 1958 to serve as an assistant coach at UNC under Frank McGuire, he was appalled to learn that … Continue reading Dean Smith: “just do what’s right”
Charles Stanley likes to tell the story of how a professor in seminary showed his class in a very practical way what grace looks like. At the end of his evangelism course, the professor would distribute the final exam with the caution to read it all the way through before beginning to answer it. This … Continue reading The ‘A’ has been provided
It's that time again, one of my favorite times of the year. The best years in my memory for March Madness for me were 1982, 1993, 2005, and 2009. I would add 1957 but I was not born until September of that year, so I enjoyed that Tar Heel championship from the womb. 🙂 One … Continue reading
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