Certifiably old
Our Alabama Baptist retreat at Shocco Springs is a gorgeous place, and I’ve enjoyed…
The case for Christ
Christian author Lee Strobel was in Birmingham last year. I met him and heard…
O Death, where is your sting?
It’s been my experience that funeral home directors generally have a great sense of…
The back nine
It was the closest I ever came to my “big showbiz break,” as Rush…
A thirty-cent phone call
I was thinking lately about when phone calls were divided between local and long…
Try a little kindness
The presidential campaign in 1976 was a bitter one pitting the incumbent, Gerald R….
The scarlet thread through the Bible
Dr. J.D. Gray served for many years as pastor at First Baptist Church, New…
Great and positive words that work
Social researcher Frank Luntz published “Words That Work” in 2007. He explained words have…
Do our prayers score home runs?
He’s a skilled college football player and a committed believer. He said recently he…
Things to consider before saying ‘you’re fired’
The pastor search committee invited me to consider moving to their town and hosted…