My long time friends Robert and Jo Ann Summers (Mrs. Jo as some of those who know her well lovingly call her), know the value of high places. Thirty years ago the Lord led them out to bring them in. This may seem like strange language, but it has always been the language of visionaries and...

Recently, I did a study on fainting in the scripture and learned that on 75 different occasions, fainting is mentioned. I have seen people faint at bad news and good news. I have even seen people faint when they are frightened. Solomon, who was evidently a student of human nature, made a...

How many times from the resurrection until this Lord’s Day do you think this scene has been repeated? A well-worn traveler is sitting on the side of the road. Her weariness is painted on her face. Her body shows the toll of being on a long journey, when someone stops to ask how far have you...

A southern book salesman knocked on the door of a rural Arkansas farm. The farmer came to the door, and the salesman, on top of his game, told the farmer he could farm twice as well if he purchased his best selling book on scientific agricultural farming. After listening to his sales pitch, the...

Have you ever seen a sign or a logo you did not understand at first? The first time I saw a shirt with TAP OUT on it I wondered what it meant. I had nothing in my database that helped me relate to it. Then one day I saw men fighting until one of them surrendered to his opponent. I heard the...

SELAH: stop and think about this.  Back in December I was given this interesting series of questions from a book, titled "Question Behind the Question." 1. "There is not a chance we'll reach our full potential until we stop blaming each other and start practicing personal accountability." STOP AND...

I have been reading the book of Mark for the last few days, and I love it. I like the way Mark wastes no time getting to the point of what he has to say. For instance, Chapter 1, verse 1, “The good news of Jesus Christ begins here.” I pray that each day this month you will wake up with the sense of...

How can we hear news that is like the roar of a radio whose knob has been broken and daily stuck on the same disturbing message of a world gone mad? How can we see the images of men in orange and lifeless bodies of children and not be moved to rise up against the wicked in this evil day? How can we...