What would you do for a tax exemption?  Some people buy a home.  Some people have children.  And one guy decided to become a pastor! According to abc.com, Illinois real estate agent George Michael allegedly converted part of his home into a chapel and became ordained as a minister by signing up with an online [...]

What’s your town known for?  Mine?  Well, Albuquerque is known for – among other things – its famous stretch of Route 66, having the longest passenger tram in the world, being voted the fittest city in the U.S. in 2007, the famous 1945 quote from Bugs Bunny when he said, “I should have made a [...]

I’m preaching a series on stress right now, and this Sunday, I’ll be talking about how to eliminate money as a stress-causer from our lives.  Not an easy task because as we all know, “Money makes the world go ’round.”  In my studies yesterday, I came across this powerful quote about money from A.W. Tozer, [...]

Heading out to Wal-Mart to do some Christmas shopping?  If so, consider these facts… Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.  This works out to $20,928 profit every minute. It sells more from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (3/17) than Target sells all year. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + [...]

I’ve heard of lots of corny gimmicks designed to get people into church, but this one tops them all.  At Lighthouse Church of All Nations near Chicago, if a lucky — or “blessed and highly favored” — churchgoer is in the right seat, they can win a cash prize.  At each of the three Sunday [...]

Onstage in Fort Worth, Texas before thousands of believers weighed down by debt and economic insecurity, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and their all-star lineup of “prosperity gospel” preachers delighted the crowd with anecdotes about the luxurious lives they had attained by following the Word of God.  Private airplanes and boats. A motorcycle sent by an [...]

As you know, I have four teenagers living under my roof. Two of them are graduating from high school this month. The cost of graduating a child from high school can be measured in the thousands of dollars: books, school fees, homecoming, prom, spring break trips, multiple ACT tests, college application fees, senior pictures, graduation [...]