"There comes the baffling call of God in our lives. The call of God can never be stated explicitly; it is implicit. The call of God is like the call of the sea, no one hears it but the one who has the nature of the sea in him. It cannot be stated definitely what the call of God is to, because his call is to be in comradeship with Himself for His own purposes, and the test is to believe that God knows what He is after." Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

"When did we start believing that God wants to send us to safe places to do safe things, that faithfulness is holding the fort, that playing it safe is safe, that there is any greater privilege than sacrifice, that radical is anything but normal? Jesus didn't die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness is not holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell. The will of God is not an insurance plan. It's a daring plan. The complete surrender of your life to the cause of Christ isn't radical, it's normal. It's time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. It's time to go all in and all out for the All in All."
All In --- Mark Batterson, Pastor National Community Church, Wash DC.

"What we do in life - echoes in eternity" ... a great quote of the warrior Maximus from the movie Gladiator, a name that few men would not recognize. However, I have yet to meet a man who knows the real definition of gladiator. The usual answer approximates this, "a man who fought in the Roman arena", and that is true. To end this suspense, "gladiator" comes from the word gladius that means 'sword'. Ergo, gladiator simply means a swordsman.

There are multiple places in the Bible that address the subject on how to pray. In this study we will be focusing on Matt 6:9-13 and Luke 11:1-4

Growing pains - embrace them and grow or avoid them and perish. This is a great short video about the eagle making that same choice. It's well worth the watch.

In January of every new year Faith Church in Summerville does a 21 days of Prayer and fasting. During the second day of prayer and fasting the Lord gave me a vision of a prayer war room. It was octagon-shaped with large windows on each of its 8 sides. Through each of these 8 windows, He showed me 8 primary things I needed to pray for...

This short story is a work of fiction. It was inspired by a true story that a friend shared with me. The names, and places have been changed to protect the innocent. (I stole that line form the introduction of the old 1951 TV series "Dragnet")

"It was one of those days at Pleasantville Jr. High." John Dozer thought to himself as the bell rang signifying that it was time to change classes again. He was glad to be leaving math class. Nothing seemed to put him to sleep faster than pre-algebra. Next stop - World History with Miss Chronicle. As usual, the hallway was crowded and loud. Vice-Principal...

Just after sunrise on February 17, 1971, a flight of two heavily armed helicopter gunships launched from the deck of the USS Garrett County (LST-786) at anchor in the Gulf of Thailand. For one of them, a consequential moment of truth was about to arrive.