“And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and...

For years and years (more than I care to remember, actually), I have been a sports freak. Perhaps it is because my mother went into labor with me while at the Astrodome....

“And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one...

“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God” (Ephesians 1:1a). God chose Paul from his birth to be an apostle (Galatians 1:15). Trying to be something that God...

You never can tell what might happen on any given day when you live in a small town U.S.A, and that goes the same in Carnegie, Oklahoma. Carnegie has had some pretty well...

“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another...

“For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by...

Shortly after the wife and I married in 1960, we both found employment with George and Iva Kaufman, who operated Kaufman's GE Appliance & Hardware Store, located on...

“But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30). The most important wisdom...

Most everyone remotely connected to Carnegie, Oklahoma, know racing, in some sort or the other, has been high on the radar, and that several participated in it over the...

“For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called” (1 Corinthians 1:26). When you go to church, do...

Back in the late 60's and early 70's, I had the privilege to do a stretch of mechanic work with Bolen Chevrolet right here in Carnegie. The lead mechanic was Joe Hegner and...

“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19). Paul wrote to the...

There was a time several years ago, that reported sightings of strange beings began to surface in many locations close to the quiet community of Carnegie. In what...

“But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ” (Ephesians 2:13). The apostle John was baptizing people in the...