Divorce

A study of divorced couples with preschool children shows that after a year of divorce, 60% of men and 73% of women feel they made a mistake and should have tried harder to make marriage work. People have no idea how much anguish and stress is caused by divorce.

Giving the Best to God

An elderly mother in Scotland gave up her son to the Lord. One day she went to a missionary society meeting where only contributing members were admitted. The doorkeeper asked, "Are you a contributor?" "I am afraid not," she answered. When he wouldn't let her in, she left disappointed. Pondering his words, she thought...

Fornication

Dr. Nancy Moore Clatworthy, sociologist, has been doing research on "living together" for 10 years. When she began her research, the idea of living together before committing yourself to marriage made good sense to her. Now, after scientifically analyzing the results of hundreds of surveys filled out by couples who had lived ...

Sixth Sunday After Epiphany

Truth Or Consequences I Corinthians 15:12-20 There is a town in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences. Being a western history buff, I imagined an old fashioned shootout at the OK corral as the background for this moniker. However, a quick search on the Internet revealed the truth. It wa

Fifth Sunday After Epiphany

When Jesus Calls You Luke 5:1-11 I have had some interesting phone calls through the years. Prank phone calls annoy me for two reasons: one, because they are usually offensive and, two, because they wake me up in the middle of the night. I receive at least one wrong number each week. Telem

Fornication

Stars Say, Yes! In Michigan, in four cities that studied junior high and high school girls, it was found that the girls watch an average of two and a half to three hours of soap operas per day, and that there is one episode of sexual intercourse per hour in those...

Fourth Sunday After Epiphany

The Preacher's Kid Who Was Called Jeremiah 1: 4-10 I am a preacher's kid as are some of you. I have heard all the jokes about our particular subculture. If preacher's kids are the meanest kids in town it is simply because they run with the deacon's kids. I was six weeks old before my sin na