“Every crow thinks his young’un is the blackest!”

My Granny was a wise woman who loved her Lord, loved His Word and loved poetry.  And after 67+ years I have never found anything that she said to be less than verifiable truth and reliable advice. 
 Until yesterday.
I never heard her brag on any of her 11 but I can assure you, she was [...]

This Preacher’s got a case of the FLEES…

God gave Jonah a very specific mission with instructions that were simple, clear and definite.  He was to go to Niniveh and preach.  ” But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish. . . “  And you know the rest of the story.
Well, I’m not fleeing from the instructions nor the call of our Lord.  [...]

Graduation Speaker

I’ve always felt like I was God’s joke on New Tribes Mission. And to show that He is still pleased use “the foolish things of the world. . . the weak things of the world”, God has given me the privilege of preaching at the graduation of the Victory Baptist School. [...]

I miss my Mother…

I was polishing my boots last night and it made me miss my Daddy. It always does. Daddy has been in the presence of our Lord for almost 20 years now but seldom do I see a man who’s shoes need polishing that I don’t remember what Daddy taught me. You owe [...]

To Shoot or not to shoot? That is the question…

I guess that’s one reason I didn’t want to catch the young punk in our yard. I jokinly told my son “I guess I better shoot to kill. If I just wound him and he survives, he’ll probably sue me.”
Now, is that anyway for a Christian to be thinking? Missionaries attempting to [...]

Firefighters and Gunslingers

We had quite a bit of excitement here yesterday. A forest fire started across the highway from our neighborhood and choked us with thick smoke. I wasn’t too worried, expecting a wide, 4-lane highway was about as good a firebreak as you could get… but, it jumped that and [...]