I noticed on television where a politician, who is running for a political office, was visiting a church where the pastor has a high regard for this individual. Yet, this politician is a member of a political party which believes it is okay to terminate the life of the unborn and that sexual perversion, homosexuality, is an alternate lifestyle. It makes one wonder if this pastor has ever read Romans 1:26-27 - "For this reason God gave them...

A number of years ago, Colossians 1:27 became a turning point in my life. "Christ in you, the hope of glory." I began to understand that I could not live the Christian life, but Christ can and He lives in me by the Holy Spirit. That saved me from a bondage of works. You know, the "should do's and shouldn't do's." And so I gloried in this verse.
Recently, I discovered verses 28-29. Once we...

As I look forward to the road ahead that leads to my future here on earth, I see a road with many turns, both right and left, and many hills both up and down. It reminds me of a time I was driving my car in the Ozark Mountains in the state of Arkansas. There were so many twists and turns and ups and downs that I got motion sickness and I had to pull over on the...

The date was June 6th, 1944, (D-Day), and the greatest armed invasion in the history of mankind took place. Around 3 million men were involved. The largest armada ever assembled stood off the coast of France bringing men and material to bear against the Germans in Western Europe. The Allies controlled the skies as planes attacked every target of opportunity. It was designated the "Longest Day." And I have been around long enough to remember...

Recently, I was watching a movie on television where the "good guy" was being pursued by the "bad guys" in a night time car chase. The good guy, in an effort to elude his pursuers drove into a factory facility which had numerous buildings with narrow roads between the buildings. He turned down one road and in the distance he saw the headlights of a car coming toward him. As he moved to one side of the...

The year was 1970 and my wife, Inez, and I had just become part of a new church on the West side of Houston where great growth was taking place. The church had just called its first pastor.
In the church was a couple who were the leaders in establishing the new work. One day the wife of this couple called the pastor and said, "I believe my next door neighbor is ready to accept Jesus Christ, will you...

Acts 6:5 - ".....and they choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit..." Acts 6:8 - "And Stephen, full of faith and power...." Acts 7:54 - "But Stephen, being full of the Holy spirit..."
Stephen was stoned to death because he stood up for Jesus Christ. This began a season of persecution of Christians in Jerusalem and they began to leave for other locations. However, their lifestyle of sharing the Gospel did not cease. And...

Dr. C. S. Lewis is a very famous Christian author. But did you know that at one time in his life he was a devout Atheist? After he became a Believer, he made the statement, "Everything I write is evangelistic."
That caused me to do some soul searching. How evangelistic is my life? Now by this, being evangelistic, I do not mean getting on a soap box and preaching. But like 1 Thessalonians 5:17 states, "Pray...

A congregation near my hometown had a lottery at their 2003 New Year's eve service. Anybody, Christian or non-Christian, church member or not would be eligible to win a new car if they were in the church auditorium at 11:00PM and stayed through the service. It was stated, "this was being done for Jesus."
Man, this brought up all sorts of scenarios in my mind. Let me mention just one. "You mean you have to give a...

Back when my wife and I were living in Fort worth, Texas we had the privilege of having in our apartment, one evening, a professor from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was sharing a story concerning a seminar he conducted in a church in Houston, our home town. As he related this story, he mentioned the name of the pastor of the church.
When he did, he had my immediate attention. I said, "Did I hear you...

I arrived early at the Houston Intercontinental Airport for my flight to Chicago. I always try to get to an airport early or anywhere else I go. Like in the US Army, where everything is hurry up and wait. But an airport is where it is best to get there too early than too late.
So I went up to the gate and checked in and choose my seat assignment. It was going to be a flight...

I was dragging. I was dead tired. I had been up over 30 hours. I was in the Amsterdam, Holland airport. Because my flight from Houston to Amsterdam was two hours late, I missed my connecting flight to Nairobi, Kenya. The next flight to my destination was nine hours later. For about 7 hours I had lugged around my carry on luggage. In one bag, along with many of my necessary items were...

Back when my wife, Inez, and I were struggling concerning leaving the computer field and going into a ministry, we wondered how we would make it financially. Then one Sunday night at a worship service a woman member of the church came up to me and said, "Charlie, read this verse." She showed me the following....
Hebrews 13:5 - "Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money - (including) greed, avarice, lust and craving for...

Over fifty years ago, when I graduated from high school, a speaker shared a message of encouragement and challenged us to "Live life one day at a time." I must be honest, I had not learned to do that, until...
There is something else I have heard many times during my Christian life time, "Without prayer your life will be less than it should be." I know that is true but prayer is difficult. Too many distractions.
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"Peg and I stopped and prayed for you this afternoon."
I recently received the above e-mail message in answer to a prayer request I had made. What caught my attention in this reply was the word "stopped." I am convinced that before we can pray, with the proper perspective, things must stop. Everything we are doing must stop. We must dedicate time for prayer where there is no interference from anything and tune our hearts and minds...