David Osteen

There were three men lying in a hospital, all terminally ill.  The first man was a very wealthy and successful businessman.  His family was full of bickering and infighting, and not wanting that to ruin his industry, he had called his family together in those last minutes.  His final words before passing were, “I love […]

Though I have no experienceDiscount this message notFor the moral is importantAnd need not be forgot Of climbing I am speakingFor in the literal I have not doneBut observation has given meA lesson for the course I run The higher upon a mountain you climbThe less balance you possessIt is harder to keep from stumblingAnd

This week I learned the heartbreaking news of a fellow gospel preacher who has fallen away from the faith. Though I was not close to him, I had been aware of his work and influence for years. He has led his family to a fellowship church where he had the opportunity to share his reasoning

We all see what is an apparent injustice in life; which is when a beautiful woman is married to an ugly man.  And by this, I am not referring to the imbalance of physical beauty, but of the spirit.  Certainly, there are occasions when people look at a physically beautiful woman and a physically ugly

Once upon a time there were two churches located within a big city.  Both churches had been established for decades, were sound in faith and size, and had elders in leadership.  However, one church continually excelled in growth through the years while the other was fraught with ups and downs.  The bigger church had a

Two men were involved in a plane crash early in the morning in a remote wilderness.  The small plane went down in a river, and broke apart, and the two men became separated from each other in the crash.  The only thing that each man was able to grab before the crash was a survival

I was listening to some Sport’s Radio talk show hosts lamenting that their hometown Houston Astros were off to the worst start in baseball (2010).  But the complaining, from both broadcasters and callers, was not the abhorrent lack of skill or talent on the team this year.  We all knew that and expected it ahead

There once was a young boy living in a “Christian” home.  His mother was a Homemaker and his father a Judge. They always taught the young boy that it was important to “Be Like Christ.”  They taught the young boy about God’s love, mercy, and forgiveness, and how people are to emulate that in their

In Titus 2:4 the H.S. reveals that older women are to encourage, or train, younger women to, “love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands…”. By the very words of God, THIS… is a woman of honor.  In today’s world it may

Once upon a time, a dad who lived in the hot and humid swamp of southeast Texas was taking all of the kids out to get ice cream on a hot August day.  He told all three kids to get ready to which they replied “ok” in acknowledgment of hearing and understanding him.  The youngest