06 Sep The Rule of Anyway
Schools have cranked up again. Two-a-days are finished. Friday night football is back. Cheer routines have been memorized. Half-time routines have been practiced. And I see a lot of "War...
Author: John Tolson
01 Sep An Obituary For My Old Self
Write Your Obituary and Bury Your Old Self… Once and for all! I have friends who’ve made reading the obituary page of the newspaper part of their morning routine. Without fail they...
25 Aug Marriage is the Hardest Work I Have Ever Loved
Marriage is the Hardest Work I Have Ever Loved There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13, NLT Several years ago my friend, Patty, said...
18 Aug Anchor Deep
“Anchor Deep” Life is good and life is hard. Some days are a walk in the park, a laugh a minute; some days are just so-so, ordinary, nothing spectacularly bad or...
11 Aug I Believe, Therefore I Speak
“I Believe, Therefore I Speak” (2 Corinthians 4:13 ESV) Here’s a thought: If we are ever going to survive the trials of this life and escape with more than just our sanity,...
04 Aug Words To Build A Life On
“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on.” Matthew...
02 Aug How much have you grown?
When my kids were young, they wanted to be taller than they were at the time. So we started marking their progress in the doorframe of our home. They would...
28 Jul God’s Word
Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another - showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the...
12 Jul Special Message – Great Dallas Earthquake
The world's largest earthquake with an instrumentally documented magnitude occurred on May 22, 1960 near Valdivia in southern Chile. It was given a magnitude of 9.5 by the United States...
05 Jul Freedom
Are you FREE? It may be difficult to answer that question unless we define "free!" So, lets reflect on the subject of "freedom" for a bit. There are different types of freedom. P...