By Tyler Warner, Calvary Chapel Trussville You would think that with all the advancements we enjoy – technology, medicine, finances – that we would be the most satisfied, content people in h... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I purchased the first season DVD compilation of “The Wild, Wild West” from the mark-down shelf lately. I guess the current generation doesn’t generate much demand for a... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks ALABASTER — I was in utter terror. I couldn’t find it, and she was insistent. I vaguely remembered putting it in a box, but I couldn’t remember where I put the box. It w... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Bob Harrington, the late “Chaplain of Bourbon Street,” preached one night in Mississippi and advertised his sermon title in the local newspaper: “Three... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks My generation remembers the Watergate era and the White House taping system. President Nixon wasn’t the first president to tape in the Oval Office; President Johnson did... Read more
By Chipley McQueen Thornton, PhD – Lead Pastor, FBC Springville In some ways, preachers and politicians struggle with a similar problem: Few people trust them. On the one hand, I can u... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks An old adage is that anger is one only letter away from danger. This is a good reminder for us all. Every one of us has done or said things in anger that we came to regr... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks The Apostle Paul’s familiar exhortation to “greet one another with a holy kiss” reflects a customary Mid-Eastern and first-century greeting (Romans 16:16). Those from ot... Read more
By Carey Kinsolving and Friends “When I see God, I will give him a big hug,” says Whitney. “Then I will go say ‘hi’ to all the people in Bible times. Then I will ask him everything I ask my... Read more
By Carey Kinsolving and Friends “If Adam hadn’t named the animals, we wouldn’t know one animal from the other. We might have cow brains for breakfast, lizard guts for lunch and dog toes for... Read more