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How long is twenty years? That may sound like a dumb question, but do you consider twenty years a long time, a short time, or neither? By far, that depends on your age. I was fifteen back in 1987. Back then there were two chart-topping hit songs that were overplayed on the radio: “Mony Mony” by Billy Idol, and “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany. They were remakes of two hit songs from Tommy James and The Shondells, released back in 1967 (twenty years earlier). The originals are older than I am, so I did not hesitate to classify them as “oldies.” When I was fifteen, twenty years was a really long time from my perspective. Now here we are today. Some of us have heard a high schooler or a college kid label 90’s music as “oldies.” (After all, that decade ended over twenty years ago.) What were your thoughts on the 20 th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Did that horrible day seem like a “long” time ago to you, or rather a “short” time? Twenty years seems li

I must admit I like to watch TV shows about haunted houses. As a Christian I firmly believe in the existence of angels and demons, and life after death, so I am very slow to write-off such haunted house tales as mere myths or hallucinations.  However, there is some serious sorting-out to do regarding what we see and hear so consistently on those shows. To put it plainly, disembodied human souls (or ghosts) do not linger our atmosphere.   Instead, they depart immediately either into the presence of the Lord, or to “hades” (hell) after the physical body dies (Luke 16:19-31; Luke 23:43-46; Acts 7:59; and 2 nd Corinthians 5:8). If you claim to have seen or heard the ghost of a deceased person, you may have the utmost of sincerity, but you are sincerely deceived.   Assuming what you saw was real and not a hallucination, that “ghost” that you saw was actually a demon (or evil spirit, or “familiar” spirit, or “unclean” spirit—all synonyms). Satan, the devil, has not been cast into the l

To me, the Pacific Golden Plover is one of the most amazing birds in all creation.   It lives in Alaska and Canada’s north pacific coast.   Yet sometimes it migrates all the way to Hawaii and back.   First of all, before its first migratory journey, how does it even know that Hawaii exists, let alone where to find it?! They’ve never seen a map, let alone would they even know how to read one.   To this day, scientists that have been studying this bird stand in wonder of this mystery. A bit disturbing is the fact the females lay their eggs, and abandon them on the mainland!   It chooses to leave for Hawaii after the eggs are laid, knowing they will bear too much weight for her to make the journey.   By human standards, these are deadbeat parents.   They know they need to eat a lot of food and gain a lot of weight to store enough consumable energy that will last the entire journey.   It’s an eighty-eight-hour flight, non-stop!   These birds cannot swim, and they have nowhere to land s

Here’s an idea for a comical fake story I’d like to submit to The Babylon Bee. 😅 Former NFL coach Tony Dungy, who led the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory in 2007 is very open about his Christian faith. He has been the subject of fleeting controversy ever since his disapproval of same-sex marriage became public. Dungy has served as an analyst on NBC's   Football Night in America . Now he has recently announced the launch of his faith-based semi-pro sports league called CROSS: the Christian Roster Of Sanctified Sports. It is a trilateral sports venue: kickball, pushball, and dodgeball. CROSS currently has ten teams, each one that represents a denomination of organized Christendom. They each have their own “slam slogan” directed towards the other teams. ·        Baptist Battalion: "We're dunkin’ you down, and you're gonna drown!" ·        Methodist Marauders: "Don't mess with Wesley's warriors!" ·        Catholic Crushers: "

In the spring of 2016, I spent three days in the psych behavioral health ward at Franciscan Hospital in Dyer, Indiana.   While I was there, we had a therapist that had a big load of magazines with her.   She asked us to cut out pictures from the magazines, then glue them to a large piece of paper to build a collage that represents our lives and feelings.   This is what I made. ·         The big red tool chest reminds me of the many times I worked hard at tending to my church building as a trustee. In fact, the church had (still has) a red tool chest much like the picture.   I selected the “fixer upper” header and the zip ties for the same reason. ·        The refrigerated fruits and vegetables remind me of my then-recent purchase and frequent use of a food dehydrator. I had used it on green beans, kiwis, oranges, apples, carrots, and more. ·        “Scottsdale Revisited” (along with the desert preserve above it) reminds me of my 2004 trip to Scottsdale, AZ to visit my uncle Dav

In June 2020, Seattle, Washington was stormed by a mob called “CHAZ” (The Capitol Hill Autonomy Zone). I wrote this, and posted it on Facebook while they were having a grand ol’ time with their self-proclaimed “sovereign nation” which the loony leftist City tolerated for far too long. SMH!   How to turn a Chess game into a CHAZ game. (1) Replace Kings with “Thronedwellers” which are not gender-specific nor intimidating. (2) Replace Queens with “Assistant Thronedwellers” likewise. (3) Replace Bishops (bearing crosses) with “Spiritual Advisors” (bearing “coexist” logos) to be all-inclusive. (4) Change the Knight pieces from horses to bulls, because bull best describes the CHAZ ideology. (5) Change the Rook pieces from castles to Space Needle skyscrapers, not only because CHAZ is in Seattle, but mainly because their minds are always in outer space. (6) Rename the Pawns anything you wish, but please don’t keep that term. “Pawn” sounds too much like capitalism and private en

Something dawned on me while I was reading the Book of Daniel in prep for VBS one year. Why didn’t I see this sooner? King Nebuchadnezzar had a creepy dream in Chapter 2. He saw a huge statue made of multiple metals. The head was gold; the arms and chest were silver; the midsection and thighs were bronze; the lower legs were iron; and the feet were iron and clay mixed. A huge rock fell from the sky, crushed the feet, and caused the entire statue to crumble. God told Daniel to interpret that dream for the King. The golden head represented King Nebuchadnezzar, while all the other portions of the statue represented future kingdoms that will come and go. The falling rock (or meteor) represents the Kingdom of God coming to earth and smashing the last of Earth’s mightiest empires. Although King Nebuchadnezzar didn’t like what he was hearing, he was still convinced that Daniel was a true prophet of God. After all, Daniel was able to describe all of the important details of Nebuchadnezzar’s

We all have our comfort zones.   Mine may be different from yours, but they all have two things in common: (1) They keep us comfortable, and (2) They get between us and God.   Through the preaching of Pastor Daniel Hendon and Dr. David Platt, God has been nudging me to step outside of my comfort zones, but without “telling” me just how, in any specific ways.   (Can you relate?)   So, after some prayer and soul searching, I recalled some examples when I left my comfort zone to serve the Lord. In two consecutive summers (one week in 2006 and another in 2007), I worked on church building construction projects in Alabama.   Builders for Christ is a ministry of volunteer workers that help with such labor.   Both years I was with them, the summer heat and humidity were very intense! After all, it was Alabama in July!   On the inside of those unfinished buildings, we had limited air circulation (even with fans), and on the outside, the sun was beating down on us like a hammer.   Every time