Parents…live out your faith!   Seeing is believing! “You teach what you know and reproduce who you are.”                                                        - Dr. Jim Reeve When I was a young boy, I walk into my grandfather Limon’s home and I look down the hall to see where he was.   I will never forget this image.   The sun was shining bright through the blinds while my grandfather sat in his chair with his blanket wrapped over his legs and the Bible open on his lap.   From a distance I noticed his eyes closed, so I tip toed quietly towards his room.   Thinking he was asleep, I could hear words being spoken.   My grandfather was praying and talking with God. I just stood there for a moment and listened as he conversed with God.   Or the visit I had with my uncle who was in tears as when a song came on while he   watched a video of the “Gather Coming Home” series.   A song that talked of God’s faithfulness and the moment that he looked at me and began to share with

The Death of Church…did that grab your attention?   Being involved in ministry as pastor and teacher for the last twenty-three years, this is an observation of what I have seen as the Church tries to be effective in culture that relies on the knowledge of man to define truth.   I believe that the best days of the church are yet to come!   Just as in the birth of the church where signs and wonders was the norm, today’s church is on the verge of a global break through!   People are looking for the answers to the “why?”, and I believe we as Disciples of Christ have that answer!   As you look around the world, God is changing people’s lives by the second!   A friend of mine, who works for and travels with the Billy Graham Crusades, introduced me to the following website that records real time decisions to follow Christ:   http://godrev.jesus.net/joy-in-heaven/ .    When I first opened up the website, chills flowed through my body as I saw people making decisions throughout the world for

    "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy based on the principles of this world rather than on Christ."   Colossians 2:8 I was coming out of our local library when I ran into a former student.   I was so happy to see him, for five or six years had passed.   In the short amount of time we talked I had asked the question, "How is your relationship with the Lord?   Are you attending church?"   His response, "Well not at this time, I'm on a spiritual journey."   In trying to understand why, he shared how he was looking into other things.   Now this young man was a top student in my class.   He knew the Scriptures and could hold a conversation with anyone concerning Christ.   We would spend time after class talking about theology and doctrine.   For cry'n out loud…..this guy was later the student chaplain of his school!   Here he was three years out of high school and he was on a spiritual journey.   My he