While reading, my mind continually returned to the book of Hebrews, which plainly states every person has an appointment with death, followed by the judgment (Heb. 9:27).
The New York City marathon is the largest running event in the world.
Perhaps the most puzzling and bewildering question underneath all our struggles is why?
I was sitting in the bleachers, watching my four-year-old grandson play baseball. His team was all boys except for one very sweet, very determined little girl.
Several years ago my church was in the midst of a project to expand the Sunday School space, using volunteers to finish the youth ministry floor to save costs.
“Loving God and loving people is all that matters.” Those were the words in an angry email I received the day after preaching a sermon about personal holiness.
I once saw the familiar words taped above a weight bench in an athletic facility. Their Scriptural address later appeared on the eye black of a famous athlete set to play in a major SEC showdown.
From seven newspapers on that first day, Peanuts grew to be published daily in 2,600 papers, read by 355 million people in 21 languages across 75 countries.
