One week after we discussed the value of Abraham’s belief in our previous post, middle son Brad shows up at the house with a special gift. Gifts are funny things. You’re never quite sure how the receiver will take them. With a few notable high-tech exceptions, Brad’s fairly good about giving gifts. He knows that …
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Abraham Believed Anyway
I have a special place in my heart for my 2011 book Tobit and the Hoodoo Man. The book is about believing even in the most hopeless of circumstances, a situation most of us might confront at some point in our lives. The story I fashioned first occurred to me in 2010 when I read …
Jesus and the Disinherited
I never knew who Howard Thurman was until January 2014. I know it was in January because that is when I posted “A Place for Angels,” a post about Howard Thurman that was well received. I believe in angels just like I believe dog is man’s best friend. That’s reality. I finished Thurman’s book Jesus …