by Michael Helms | Mar 4, 2003 | Opinion
Jonah admitted he had angered the God—the God of heaven who made the sea and land. He told the sailors to throw him overboard and the sea would become calm. Amazingly, Jonah chose to die rather than change his ways. Like Jonah, we’ve walked around...
by Michael Helms | Feb 25, 2003 | Opinion
I don’t suppose it really matters how love begins. What matters is whether the commitment to love another is genuine enough and deep enough to forsake all others, for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, until death comes. The...
by Michael Helms | Feb 21, 2003 | Opinion
We grieve the loss of these seven men and women. Though their loss is profound, we lose people around us everyday. One day, this world will claim us. What then? What song will people remember that we have sung? What lyrics will people remember that we wrote with our...
by Michael Helms | Feb 11, 2003 | Opinion
Running each day will greatly benefit our bodies. But greater still are the benefits of disciplining our lives spiritually. The Apostle Paul reminds us that the benefits of this type of self-discipline are out of this world. The Boston Marathon is the most prestigious...
by Michael Helms | Feb 5, 2003 | Opinion
The truth is that churches do a lot of member swapping. In Southern Baptist life, for example, most additions to a church’s enrollment in a given year are not from converts, but from people looking for a new church home. While shoppers come in the front door,...
