Every day brought new rumors. Soldiers had become more active, and the night before bricks had mysteriously disappeared from many abandoned buildings. And now, people were saying a wall would soon be built. Fearing the worst, Hasso pleaded with his friend that they should escape the city. His friend, skeptical of the rumors, encouraged Hasso to “Relax. Enjoy yourself.” Hasso had recently won a state swim tournament. Why should he not “enjoy himself?” Read More »

Haiti and Chile are reeling from terrible earthquakes.  As we see the pitiful images of smashed homes, broken bodies, looting and chaos, it is normal to ask questions.  Why did God allow these earthquakes?  Will similar earthquakes strike our nations?  And, if God did allow these earthquakes, then what does He want us to learn from them? Read More »

The world continues its toboggan slide into depravity, and, frankly, into the Great Tribulation. This is a stark reality, but one that we must realize and understand fully. We are living in the end times and the signs of this are becoming more evident and poignant with each passing day. Read More »

It was just a faded snapshot, a long-forgotten picture of my grandfather and his three sons, leaning on their vintage car in front of the family’s farmhouse in the Arkansas Delta. It must have been about 1933 or 1934. Read More »

Many people have the idea that God loves war and is a bloodthirsty, violent God. What these critics fail to understand is that the true God of the Bible is actually a God of peace. Read More »

Millions of men and women spend untold hours in glitzy main halls of casinos, while many others play “friendly” games of “nickel” poker, gathered around octagon tables. Still others indulge in office sports pools, all the while hoping to cash in on the losses of others. Read More »