You may remember the news reports from Texas in June 2019 when River Smith, the 3-year-old son of Granger and Amber Smith, drowned in their backyard swimming pool. Granger is a platinum-selling singer and songwriter, who lived here in Nashville for…

Long before it opened in theaters, Eileen and I were invited to preview the film, Sound of Freedom. We found the story riveting and inspiring, though the subject matter is overwhelmingly difficult to process emotionally. We have, for several years now, been…

Is there a way to stand strong in such a frightening world? For starters today, I’d like to quote the great theologian, Christopher Robin. You won’t find this in The House at Pooh Corner, but it’s from a 1997 Disney video titled Pooh’s…

Fireworks come in all shapes and sizes. You may be aware of the preliminary injunction issued in Louisiana by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty on Independence Day of this year, just as our nation was celebrating our shared freedoms. The federal court…

Even in the Bible Belt, we live among a smorgasbord of religious options. Everybody has their take on the road from here to eternity, and the only opinion that seems unwelcome in the public square comes from the person who…

It’s been recorded that the wife of Czar Alexander III, Maria Fedorovna, once used a comma to save a prisoner from the horrors of Siberian exile. The warrant from Alexander had read: “Pardon impossible, to be sent to Siberia.” Moved by…

When I had that last “magical” birthday, I confessed to some of you that my knees were betraying my age. Sometimes, and there seems to be no rhyme or reason from my perspective, they just don’t work like they’re supposed…

I’m enjoying sharing with you some thoughts about why the Bible really matters. Yes, the Bible reflects the individual personalities and temperaments of the human writers. Yes, their individual writing styles are apparent. Yes, the writers were entirely human, and themselves prone to errors…

The more I take in the unsettled nature of our contemporary culture, the more grateful I become that God has given us a sure foundation. Our sovereign Creator has established His unalterable truth, and His truth stands for eternity. Of…

I just read that another member of the Duggar Family (as in the once-famous reality show, 19 Kids and Counting) is coming forward with her own version of the “living nightmare” that was growing up in the home of Jim Bob…