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Casual Christian

I climbed into my time machine the other day and dialed it back to 1988. A song has been playing over and over inside my head for the last week, which prompted me to pen this post. The song is titled Casual Christian, and it was released by a group called DeGarmo and Key. Now, […]

Just want to thank you for 2014

I have 23,326 people following my blog. Out of all those people, I usually have maybe 75-100 faithful readers. I want to personally thank you so much for being a part of my blog. I write about whatever I feel God lays on my heart. I’ve penned some very interesting posts this last year. Thank […]

My work

On July 10th 2012, I decided to start publishing books on the Amazon Kindle store. It’s nice to get some royalty payments (and trust me, they are few and far between), but I have never been into writing for the money. Don’t get me wrong, if I could actually make a living by writing and […]

I Was There **New low price**

Now you can grab a Kindle copy of I Was There for only $.99. Click HERE to purchase. For some, the Bible can be an intimidating book to dig into. Its pages reveal a history of days past, with practical application for the here and now. Every word inspired by God Himself, penned by the […]

Image is everything

I read something on a blog over the weekend that made me realize even more why we have such a hard time walking in righteousness. Someone posed the question, and I’m paraphrasing here, “Why did God create man so weak and sinful?” My answer to that is simple. He didn’t. Gen 1:27-28 says: So God […]

Some Christmas thoughts

Just wanted to give you (and me) some things to ponder this Christmas. Be careful not to push so hard to “keep Christ in Christmas” that you end up judging and condemning those who don’t. Remember the men and women who have been killed in the line of duty, whether it be in law enforcement […]

Waiting for Daddy

The post today goes along the lines of the one I published yesterday. I’ve always had such respect for our military and those serving in law enforcement. I’ve never served in either, but my Dad did. Maybe that’s why I have such deepened sense of honor and gratitude. I can’t imagine being a child and […]

The true heroes

I’ve been watching the TV show, Cops, quite a bit lately. Spike TV has been running marathons on Fridays and Saturdays. I’ve watched the show in the past, but with a much different attitude than what I have now. I used to take joy in watching people get thrown to the ground, shot with a […]

But, that was Jesus

Stop saying that! We use the phrase as an excuse when we don’t see things happen. Jesus was a human, born of woman, grew from a child to a man, got baptized by John the Baptist, and left the Jordan River filled with the Holy Spirit. Then he modeled the Christian life for 3 years. […]

Stop trying so hard

There are so many things we strive for in this life. Happiness, success, peace, joy, recognition…the list could go on for quite a while. The world believes all those things are possible if we just work hard enough. Just put in a little more effort to reach goals. Don’t let anything get in our way. […]