The Sound Word

How Do You Reach a Generation With no Christian Heritage? Acts 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord I was having a great discussion with some co-workers yesterday. What we were bantering about was each of our particular looks or understandings of our own spirituality. While it was invigorating, and certainly tested my skills in the area of witnessing and defending my faith, it was troubling at the same time. When I went to school winter break was called what it really is; Christmas vacation. Spring Break was called what it is; Easter Vacation. We had morning prayer, we took field trips to churches and the Pope's speeches were sometimes shown on TV in class. We had religious school plays, we talked about our faith in school, and for the most part, we all had a general understanding of the bible. As Bob Dylan once said, "The times, they are a changing'". As ...

Philippians 1:27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel In the eighth grade, records will show that I got suspended from school. Official report: I was involved in a fight. Fighting is not permitted; therefore you are suspended. Well, that's the result two good friends getting together before class and one giving the other the classic 'Dutch-rub'. I was on the receiving end of the rub, not that that matters. It looks like a fight to a teacher who already has it out for you and is just looking for a reason to bring down the hammer. Yes, I know this was in the seventh grade and that was 32 years ago and most people will say that I am an adult now (most...), but we seldom forget when an injustice is done against us. Injustices are things we tend to remember. I mentioned the other nig...