Over the last decade or so, I go through the same ritual every year. I am a 1K flyer on United Airlines. That means I fly at least 100,000 miles on United Airlines and its partners every year. With that status, I get a few perks, like not paying to check my first three pieces…
With God, there is always something new! He is never finished with us! That’s one of the reasons serving Him is so exciting. God said: “Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I…
The results of the 2010 census have been released and it reports what we knew, only more so. It is not headline news to announce that America is changing. The statistics have surprised people, however, at the rate America is being altered. Here are some examples: Over the last 20 years, from 1990-2010: -Almost half…
There is a question my father and I have frequently been asked this past year. It is: “Do you sense America is close to revival?” That is a great question. Since BMI is asked this so often, let me summarize what I have been answering. First, there is no question that America is in dire…
September 2011 marks the tenth anniversary of 9/11. It is a date that will go down in infamy in the annals of American history. Much like the assassination of John F. Kennedy, or the bombing of Pearl Harbor was for generation before, people will always remember where they were and what they were doing on…
America’s recent debt ceiling crisis has revealed much about the nation as well as its leaders. Every politician in Washington readily acknowledged the need to do something. Yet it took until the eleventh hour and relentless media scrutiny before legislation was drafted and passed. I thought it was telling that one of the White House’s…
May 21, 2011 came and went yet much to the disappointment of Harold Camping, Jesus did not return to rapture the saints to glory. The world’s media seemed delighted to carry hour by hour updates of that heralded day, often poking fun at Christians and their belief in Jesus’ return. The most compelling question was…
This past month, my father and I were privileged to speak at a national summit of Native American leaders in Springdale, Arkansas. It was a wonderful time to meet Native leaders from various tribes who had come from across North America including Canada and Alaska. Years earlier, my father had challenged a Native American gathering…
Easter is a favorite time for many Christians and for obvious reasons. It reminds us of the glorious fact that Christ wins. Sin, death, Satan, and hell do their worst, yet Christ magnificently overcomes them all. We are on the winning side! The Christ whom we serve is risen and present and working out His…
I just returned from a trip to Israel. BMI and First Baptist Jonesboro jointly sponsored a tour. If you have been to Israel you know that many things impact you while you are there. For one, you are struck by how many places there are in that small country that God did an amazing work…