Competing in a spelling bee normally places the attention on the person doing the spelling, but this year’s National Spelling Bee that aired on ESPN Thursday brought the attention to Christianity. The winning word in this year’s competition has Christian meaning. The word, “Koinonia” was the winning word (I’ll come back to this in a …
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Memorial Day is a day in which we honor and remember those who died in active military service. I am grateful to all military servicemen and servicewomen, because, without their service, many of the freedoms we enjoy today would not be possible. I thank my grandfather, Ben Thomas Cole Sr., who fought in WWII, as …
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I’m not a Cleveland Cavaliers fan. I’m not a Lebron James fan either, but I do believe in giving credit where credit is due: the man is bad – great – simply on another level than his peers. But what I like about Lebron is that while the media and fans all over the world …
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As I was laying in my bed this morning watching the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as a young minister, there was one thing on my mind: to study, learn, watch, and see how the clergy would handle a wedding this big. But God had other plans. His plan was to show …
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Have you ever felt like nothing is going right in your life? Does it sometimes seem as if everyone else is winning in life and you’re still stuck spinning your wheels trying to figure out how you’re going to make ends meet? Whether you should start a new career or try something different? Well, you’re …
As I was sitting in my office this week thinking about the new goals and ventures I have, and pushing through the process of traditional publishing for my first book, I came across a statistic that 98 percent of people die without fulfilling their dreams. This immediately encouraged me to continue to follow my dreams …
If there’s one thing sports has taught us over the past six months is that praising the Lord is a good thing. In fact, as I was sitting on the couch watching Mississippi State women’s basketball team celebrate their victory taking them back to the Final Four for the second time in a row, something …
In September 1995, Tiffany Quinton of Houston was diagnosed HIV positive and was told that she only had a few weeks to live, but more than 22 years later, Quinton is still here, living, breathing, and enjoying life. She says it was only her faith and trust in God that allowed her to overcome what …
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The funny thing about faith is that as Christians, we never know when our faith will be tested. One of the first times my faith was tested is more than 20 years ago. I call it my baby-faith test. In hindsight, it’s more of a cute, funny story, but at the time, it was a …
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More than 58,220 U.S. military soldiers lost their lives during the Vietnam War, but for James Liddell, he says it’s only by the grace of God and his faith in God that he survived the war and is alive and well today. Liddell, 70, served in Vietnam from July 21, 1966, to July 21, 1967. …
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