FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Every day was Thanksgiving at Grandma’s

Good week to all: Welcome to the “front porch.” Well, another Thanksgiving has passed. We’ve all eaten enough turkey and dressing and cranberry sauce and pumpkin, pecan, and apple pies to last us ‘til Christmas.

GOD’S GRACE MINISTRIES: Weigh ourselves in the balances (part 2)

This is not instructions how to comply with the word of God, that is the Spirits responsibility that brings truth; this is a self-evaluation to determine whether we are in compliance with God’s word or whether we live in error apart from God’s Word.

OUT TO PASTOR: A post Thanksgiving wishbone

Now that Thanksgiving is over, I can sit back and recoup from the activity. I’m not sure about anybody else, but a holiday such as Thanksgiving takes a lot out of me. Of course, it puts a lot in me, but that’s another story.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Preacher Miller walked the walk

Good week to all: Welcome to the “front porch.” Happy Thanksgiving! It was Thanksgiving, 1997, when we first shared the following story – and that was about the time many of you and I first met. I’d say that is a special blessing, too, and something else to give thanks for today.

GOD’S GRACE MINISTRIES: Weigh ourselves in the balances (part 1)

If we judge ourselves, that is to say weigh ourselves according to the word of God, we will not be judged. “If we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged” (1st Corinthians 11:31). Understand, God accepts no excuses, we have faith in God and obey God or we do not.

OUT TO PASTOR: From one turkey to another

As a child, my favorite holiday was Christmas, second only to my birthday. These holidays were important because of the gifts I received. Oh, did I look forward to those holidays and all the presents I was going to delight in. And delight, I certainly did to the extreme. Then slowly things changed.

HOPE FOR TODAY: What happens when we refuse to thank God?

The Bible is my favorite book. I love to read it and hear it read. It is filled with compelling stories. One in particular is about a man who had been born with a disability and was unable to walk.

No longer I

PART I “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

OUT TO PASTOR: What’s in a name, anyway?

I cannot express how ecstatic I was when someone gave me a coupon for a free donut. All I had to do was fill out a little survey online and they would send me a code that would guarantee me a free donut.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This one thing we do A.S.A.P.

Good week to all: Welcome to the “front porch.” Aug. 4, 2007, I took a long, meditative walk in the Smoky Mountains. I know, because this column, for better or worse, has kept track of every week of our life – at least, since 1997.