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Yesterday we moved into our new home in Tupelo. After nearly two years of living in the cabin in the woods, we moved into a home on the west side...

Today Marlene went for her two-year breast cancer checkup. The results were excellent. At the two year mark, there is no sign of cancer. Two years...

We started this series with a few samples of humor writer Dave Barry detailing some things it took him fifty years to learn. It took me a long time...

Each year around this time, I offer ten new (or relatively new) titles - in no particular order - for your summer reading consideration. Enjoy. ...

Why do you believe the bible is true? This question was put to a number of evangelical teenagers in a recent survey and the vast majority of them...

Today we will examine two more ways to establish a positive legacy. And we are adding a very dangerous twist today. I polled my three sons about my...

It is tough, very tough, to deal with the failures of your own children. Sometimes we hardly know how to respond. But it is very easy to fall into...

Paul wrote this simple instruction to the church at Colossae. "Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged." I cannot...

Tucked away at the end of John 4 is an amazing little vignette. Because it comes right after the story of the woman at the well, we often overlook...

We have just posted a new sermon on the Keep Believing website called No Hopeless Cases. Here’s an excerpt:

This article is not about being a perfect dad. If it were, I would be totally unqualified to write it. This article and the ones to follow are not...

This week the members of Harrisburg Baptist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi are “taking it to the streets” in an effort to serve those who need their...

This is the first in a week-long series of entries on fathers in the Bible. Some turn out to be good role models; others offer us examples of...

I think most of us have a preconceived list of the people who will be there when we have a personal crisis. That list is often wrong. Joni and I...

This morning in Sunday School David Langerfeld mentioned that there are too many “microwave Christians.” We want everything fast--fast spiritual...