The origin of our New Year's traditions and celebrations goes back over 4,000 years to ancient Babylon (which was located within modern day Iraq...

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts...

“And He [God the Father] put all things under His [Jesus Christ] feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church” (Ephesians 1:22). Paul’s prayer for the church...

Here we are at that time of the year when all men are preparing to have Thanksgiving dinner, and then retire to the sofa and watch the Cowboys do what they do best.In my 60...

Looking for grass in West Texas - or western Oklahoma, for that matter - is a lot like looking for Jimmy Hoffa. If you want to find a good amount of it, you are going to...

"Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds" (Colossians 3:9). Lying comes naturally to sinful humanity; people lie to make themselves...

As many of you may know, I have an incredibly offbeat sense of humor and robust sense of adventure. Literally, I’m game for almost anything if it sounds like fun or (in...

"But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, filthy language out of your mouth" (Colossians 3:8). Before a person becomes a Christian,...

“Veterans Day” is our annual national holiday on November 11th honoring military veterans. This recognition of our military veterans pays tribute...

This may surprise some people, but I used to allow my granddaughter, Mallorie, to pretend to be a beautician on my head.Here’s the deal, when it comes to Baby Mal, I admit,...

“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the...

"If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God" (Colossians 3:1). Christians who live according...

“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the...

“Columbus Day” is an annual federal holiday created in 1971 and observed on the 2nd Monday in October (October 13 this year) recognizing the arrival of Columbus in the...

“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him” (Ephesians 1:17). Paul wrote, “And...