In 1949, Looney Tunes debuted the iconic character, Wile E. Coyote. As a child, I loved to watch his antics on television every Saturday morning. His signature move was to run off a high cliff, and then, while somehow suspended in mid-air, he would continue running. But he was going nowhere. I spend too much…
Jake Bates was a soccer player in Tomball, Texas. He played soccer for two years at the University of Central Arkansas, until he became a kicker for the football team. Being a backup player, he never saw the field. So he transferred to Texas State University. Again, he was the backup kicker, and never kicked…
Singing is good for you. The exception is in Sarasota, Florida, where you can get arrested for singing in public while wearing a bathing suit. But for the rest of us, it may be time to start singing. We know the Bible is pro-singing. It reads, “Come, let us sing praise to the Lord! Let…
Two women were the first to view the empty grave. Upon seeing that Jesus was no longer in the grave, they responded in a most interesting way. “The women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy” (Matthew 28:8). Did you catch that? They were awash in two competing emotions – fear and…
In the United States, we have quite a few laws that really don’t make a lot of sense. Here are a few examples from around the country. For centuries, man has written thousands of laws for the purpose of heading off every inappropriate behavior he can think of. But the law is never enough to…
Roller coasters were created as a distraction from sin. In the 1800s, hosiery businessman LaMarcus Thompson hated that Americans were tempted by hedonistic places like saloons and brothels. So he set out to straighten up one of the most immoral places he could think of – Coney Island in New York. There, he built America’s…
Football legend Joe Theismann is well-known for his verbal gaffes. For example, he once said, “Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.” If you aren’t as smart as Norman Einstein, not all is lost. Look to God for wisdom. “The Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth…
“When Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days” (John 11:6). If you’re waiting to see God move, you aren’t alone. Abraham and Sarah waited 25 years to hold their baby Isaac. Joseph waited 13 years to be appointed to the leadership post he had been promised. The woman…
William Shakespeare remains one of the most famous playwrights and poets of all time. And while he attended grammar school to master reading, writing, and Latin, his parents and children were almost entirely illiterate. The ability to read and write wasn’t necessary during the Elizabethan era, and while Shakespeare’s father, John, might have had a…
There is an old proverb that says, “Fear knocked on the door, faith answered, and there was no one there.” Unfortunately, fear knocks on a lot of our doors. We have fear of failure, fear of relapse, fear of staying with our spouse, fear of life. Max Lucado offers the perfect response to fear. He…