I recently shared a photo [depicted below] on social media that depicted a big tower with 3000 orange ping pong balls which was representative of the 3000 hours a year that parents have to teach their kids about Jesus. Also depicted in that same photo was a small vase containing 40 orange ping pong...
Author: DJ Dickerson
Evangelist | La Porte Church of Christ
Walking Out
I have heard and read a lot over the years of people “walking out.” There have been parents who have walked out on their children, children who have walked out on their parents, spouses walking out on the other, employees walking out on their employers, etc. I have heard it, I have read it and it s...
Never Forget
This past Saturday, September 11th marked the 20th anniversary of the tragedy due to a terrorist attack on our nation. I noticed that the news as well as social media was flooded with images and video of that horrific day. There have been posts on social media of a picture of the twin towers that w...
Who’s Flying the Plane?
A photographer from a well know national magazine was assigned to cover the fires at Yellowstone National Park. The magazine wanted to show some of the heroic work of the fire fighters as they battled the blaze. When the photographer arrived, he realized that the smoke was so thick that it would se...
The Burning Hut
The only survivor of a shipwreck washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements...
Where’s the Punctuation?
F.W. Emmons wrote the following article in 1873. Note that each paragraph is exactly the same, word for word. Only the punctuation is changed.
The Good Man: “He is an old and experienced man. In vice and wickedness, he is never found. Opposing the work of iniquity, he takes delight. In the ...
A Mountaintop Experience
As many of you know, my family and I had planned to go to Colorado for vacation recently. However, due to illness, it was canceled. I was reminiscing of the first time I got to go to Colorado and experience the mountainous terrain. It was overwhelming! The beauty of the huge mountains, to ride alon...
The Commonality of Bolts & Christians
Fifteen years and twenty nine days ago marked the Big Dig ceiling collapse that occurred on July 10th, 2006. In this tragic incident, a concrete ceiling panel weighing 3 tons & measuring 20 by 40 feet fell in Boston’s Fort Point Channel Tunnel. The panel fell on a car traveling on the two-lane ...
What Does the Bible Mean to You?
It is rather unfortunate that there are many who have replaced the Bible with books and creeds of men and the Bible is no longer considered the book of all books. People seek out man’s opinions for the solutions to the problems they encounter and are left empty and void, receiving no definite direc...
Renew Our Days
In last week’s article “Surrender to Live,” we noted that the people of Judah were taken captive by the Babylonians and the horrific scene recorded in Jeremiah 52 of King Zedekiah’s sons being killed in front of his very eyes before the King of Babylon would put out the eyes of King Zedekiah (Jerem...