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The Wise Choice
I was recently speaking on the issue of sacrifice. Most people don’t really like the idea of sacrificing because they believe it is all about

The Hope of Easter
Easter brings to mankind a powerful sense of hope for the future. I share this because there seems to be a sense of hopelessness pervading

The Power of Christ’s Blood
For the past twenty years, we’ve held a Good Friday breakfast at the Country Club of Birmingham. Years ago, one of the attendees brought a

The Dangers of Indifference
As the summer comes to a close, most of us return to the routines of the fall: children in school, a regular 5 day work

Who Is Really In Control
“Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.” Matthew 10:29

“Oh, How I love Thy Law”
When I was 12 my friends and I would swim in the Black Warrior River that ran right beside our neighborhood in Tuscaloosa. We would