Posts from September 2025

(Note from Josh…Luke Tatum addresses something here that is quite thought provoking. When we come to worship, we must remember that it is, #1 about God, not me. #2, God is looking on the heart, not the clothes. I am convinced, that with some folks in the church, Jesus, Paul, or Peter would have been asked to go put on a suit and tie before they were allowed in the pulpit. As Luke points out, if you are convicted that…

I remember when I was fourteen years old and I was playing on my Babe Ruth All-Star team. That team was one of the most tenacious teams I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing baseball with. During the All-Star tournaments, we played a total of ten games. Out of those ten games, we managed to win eight of them before being eliminated and finishing third in the state. But out of those eight wins all but one of them were…

As I write this, it is 10:49pm on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Today will be remembered in the College Football world as Upset Saturday as two Top 5 teams were beaten by unranked teams (my #4 Vols being one of those teams). Number 9 Missouri fell to #25 Texas A&M; #22 Louisville fell to unranked SMU; #10 Michigan fell to unranked Washington; #11 USC fell to unranked Minnesota; to round out the weekend, #25 UNLV lost to unranked Syracuse and…

Some time ago, I attended a St. Louis Cardinals game at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals were playing the Pittsburgh Pirates and the game was a good one. Somewhere around the eighth inning it began to rain. After the rain delay, my father, my brother, and I went back to our seats. Sitting near us, were two teenage boys of about fifteen or sixteen. Many people had left when the rain started, so there were some empty seats down in front…