You would have a hard time adding to the word Mother. The word, Mother, stands alone like the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The word Mother, to Benjamin was only that which he learned from how much his father loved his mother, Rachel. You have to believe that he was able to see his mother...

In the 1970’s, I stood on the unfinished roof of Sister Bustamante’s church, in Monterey, Mexico. Hundreds of people would come to the meeting that night. People would go back to their homes and bring the sick to be prayed for. Eventually, they would take me through the dark unlit streets of that...

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...