THE GREATEST SACRIFICE

It’s easy with the normal hustle and bustle of our day-to-day lives to simply look at Memorial Day as a day to have some friends over, fire up the grill, relax and just enjoy a day NOT at work. Even when we consider what the holiday commemorates we often mistake it for another Veterans Day. […]

HOLY SPIRIT POWER

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” “On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from […]

THE DIFFERENCE A DAY CAN MAKE

August 28, 2005 – 4:30 am… …phone rings… “Hello” “Tony, where are you?” “I’m at home in bed, where else would I be?” “You haven’t left?! We left last night.” “No I’m not leaving.” “Man, you need to pack it up and get out of there! This is the one. It’s going to be bad!” […]

TWISTED

For many years the mainstream media has attempted to contort, bend, distort – twist Christianity. They do this in an attempt to discredit the Word of God and Christians. As a Christian this is frustrating, but at the end of the day we know they will never be successful. They may deceive a few people […]

IF THE SON SETS YOU FREE, YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED!

About a month ago I received an email from one of the Pastors at my church* about a serve opportunity at Rayburn Correctional Center. I have never served at a jail or prison in the past, so this would be a completely new experience for me. The Pastor wrote the email in a tone that […]

THE CHOICE

First I would like to give you the backstory on how this post came about. It was inspired by a conversation we had in my Men’s Group a couple of weeks ago. One night in our group meeting, Dan, a very good friend of over 20 years, asked the question “Have you ever thought about […]

THE JOURNEY OF 1000 MILES STARTS WITH THE 1st STEP (or stumble forward)

Here I go. I’m starting a blog. The funny thing is that I never thought much about blogs before now. I’ve never really read them. I didn’t get it. Actually, I don’t know that I get it now. So then I guess the question is… “Why start a blog?” “Why now?” The answer is pretty […]