September 17th, 2020

I’m a jogger. I enjoy the great outdoors as I ploddingly put one foot in front of the other in this way – moving, breathing, sweating, working my heart and enjoying the sights in slow motion as I traverse a route. When I take a jog close to home, it’s a familiar path. If I’m traveling and jogging in unfamiliar territory, my route will be guided by a ‘stream …

‘Politically-correct’ (PC) speech is domineering our public discourse in 2020 in unprecedented fashion! PC conversation, in theory, is intended not to offend or disadvantage any particular group of people in society. Yet, in practice, it is bandied about by people of various agendas who use the term to decry those whose views may actually be contrarian to their own. Today, holding to and expressing an opposing point of view …

Speak Life – Part 1 Words are powerful. How much so? Well, God uttered creation into existence with the power of His Word – He spoke and it was! The power of words in our witness can’t be overstated, for out of our mouths proceed both blessing and cursing. And not only do we need to tame the tongue, we need our words to be seasoned with grace, with truth, and with …

Being an assistant tennis coach at East Tennessee State University in the mid-90s gave me very flexible summers. I had known about the ministry of Jews for Jesus for several years and had determined to participate in Summer Campaign in 1997. Summer Campaign was a six-week ministry that focused on street evangelism. The program would entail a two-week training in Chicago at Moody Bible Institute, followed up by  four weeks on the streets …

Evangelism is generally comprised of prayer, good works and good words. For most of us, praying for the lost and taking opportunity to demonstrate God’s love through serving others is something we can do – and is typically non-threatening. It’s the talking part that becomes a stumbling block for many and  generally the most intimidating and riskiest component of the evangelistic endeavor. I don’t know about you, but there have …