10 Quotes by Charles Spurgeon on Prayer & Bible Study
Charles Spurgeon is known as the “Prince of Preachers” for good reason. The British Baptist Pastor preached 3500 sermons to an estimated 10 million people, a jaw-dropping number in a pre-internet era. During his ministry, Spurgeon wrote 49 volumes of commentaries and devotionals, and the complete collection of his sermons fills 63 volumes, making it […]
The Perils of Social Media: Choosing Our Words Carefully
Last November, I, along with many of you watched in horror as my home state of Tennessee suffered its most destructive fire in over a century. The spark started in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and rapidly spread to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Officials determined that two teenagers started the fire that killed 14 […]
Stop Forgetting Who You Are
Henri Nouwen said, “One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are.” Last night I spoke on the phone with my Dad who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. As we talked, I asked about his time in the Navy. There was a long pause, which isn’t unusual, but then I […]
Fuel For Your Faith
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made history when he became the first man to take flight. For twelve gravity defying seconds he flew 120 feet along the banks of North Carolina. In the biography, The Wright Brothers, David McCullough explains how aviation experts point to that day as the beginning of air travel. But […]