The Day The Gates Were Carried Off

One of my favorite pictures of the resurrection comes from the Old Testament book of Judges. It is the story where Samson is inside the city of Gaza (Judges 16). His enemies are outside the gates of the city. They are convinced they finally have Samson cornered—they’ll just wait by the gates until he comes out the nextContinue reading “The Day The Gates Were Carried Off”

Last Meals and Living Hope

Asleep at the Wheel is the name of a group that plays western swing music. Several years ago they recorded a song called Last Meal. It is a fictitious account of a man on death row about to be executed. However, before his execution can take place, the warden tells him he gets a lastContinue reading “Last Meals and Living Hope”

“There’s Not Going To Be Any More Of That”

My father-in-law was a WWII veteran.  He was drafted soon after he was married in 1942 and stationed in Germany.  He often told people that on the coldest night of his life, he was on the back on a truck in Germany when he received news that his first child was born.  What I don’t ever remember hearingContinue reading ““There’s Not Going To Be Any More Of That””