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May 10, 2025 | Robert E. Lee's Birthday Party

May 10, 2025 Tim Philpot

In Family Court, yesterday’s surprises were usually forgotten because of today’s shockers. Eventually, you forget them all. But there are exceptions. Like Robert E. Lee…

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May 3, 2025 | Governor Jones: A Pilgrim Passing Through

May 6, 2025 Tim Philpot

“… they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.” Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭13‬‬ ‭(KJV‬‬).

I took my seat in the Kentucky State Senate in January 1991. I was thirty-nine. I had won the election by two votes. It didn’t take me long to figure out that I was powerless…

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April 21, 2025 | Nicky Winton - Just One Life

April 21, 2025 Tim Philpot

My friend Stan Key has written a book to be published soon. The title is “One Life”. I sure like the title, and presumed that he stole it from a movie I saw on a trans-Atlantic flight last summer…

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March 29, 2025 | A Wonderful Walk with Ford

April 5, 2025 Tim Philpot

Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. (Ephesians 6:18 NLT).

It is March 19, 2025 as I write this. Yesterday was my 74th birthday!…

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March 11, 2025 | Three A.M. - There's More

March 31, 2025 Tim Philpot

"And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he [Jesus] went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed." (Mark 1:35, E.S.V.)

Two devotionals came flooding into my heart today that got my attention. Both are from “older women”…

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March 6, 2025 | Golf is Way Too Hard

March 6, 2025 Tim Philpot

Golf is way too hard. And I think I have the answer! So… Listen up…

What if the sacred rules of golf are all wrong?…

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February 26, 2025 | Slumdog Day

March 2, 2025 Tim Philpot

“The rich and poor meet together. The LORD is the maker of them all.” Proverbs 22:2 (KJV).

Most days fall into the oblivion of weak memories. But some days are never forgotten. January 29, 2025 was such a day…

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December 28, 2024 | Jeremiah was a Bullfrog

December 30, 2024 Tim Philpot

JOY TO THE WORLD.

Over this Christmas season, I preached a sermon on the subject of JOY at our local chapel. It was not that easy. I am still not sure I got it right. I understand happiness and pleasure and even contentedness. But JOY is difficult to explain…

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December 1, 2024 | Altar Calls or Alter Calls

December 1, 2024 Tim Philpot

“So he (Abraham) built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.” (Genesis 12:7, ESV).

This story started with a text I received in mid-October. I spoke at a national men’s conference for CBMC on October 5 in St Louis and at the end of my message…

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November 27, 2024 | A Fixed Heart

November 28, 2024 Tim Philpot

This story is an addendum to my last story about my brother’s entry into heaven.

Danny Philpot’s story, like all tales, cannot be told in one simple obituary or eulogy. It is seventy-one years of real life with too many stories to tell and too many lessons to be learned…

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November 17, 2024 | The Power of a Little Brother

November 17, 2024 Tim Philpot

My last published story on this website was nearly three months ago (August 20). I have had writer’s cramps.

I have a pretty good excuse. My baby brother has been dying…

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August 20, 2024 | Muirfield, Mrs. Mustard, and the Major

August 21, 2024 Tim Philpot

When the word Muirfield is mentioned, most ignorant American golfers think of Jack Nicklaus’ grand course in Ohio...

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August 7, 2024 | "Fine, sir. Everything is fine."

August 7, 2024 Tim Philpot

“The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.” (Mark 9:26).

My first trip to the golf haven of Gullane in Scotland was in 1984. Last month, Sue and I returned to Gullane...

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July 8, 2024 | The St. Andrews Seven

July 9, 2024 Tim Philpot

“Who will go for us? And I said, “Lord, I’ll go! Send me.” (Isaiah 6:8 NLT).

Do you know the story of “The St. Andrews Seven”??

Surely a golf story, right?…

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July 2, 2024 | Heaven comes down at Royal Troon

July 1, 2024 Tim Philpot

“I saw a door standing open in heaven… and the voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” (Rev. 4:1).

Royal Troon… the site of so many memorable Opens, starting in 1923 when Arthur Havers holed a bunker shot on the 72nd green to upset Walter Hagen by a shot. He won seventy-five Pounds…

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June 12, 2024 | "And There but for the Grace of God"

June 12, 2024 Tim Philpot

“And there but for the grace of God…..”

This sounds like a Bible verse from Sunday School days, or maybe William Shakespeare, or at least C. S. Lewis. But no…

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April 14, 2024 | Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

May 25, 2024 Tim Philpot

Did you see the AT&T commercial with Ben Stiller and Jordan Spieth during the Masters?…

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MARCH 21, 2024 | My Mistress

May 21, 2024 Tim Philpot

“The young women see her and praise her; even queens and royal concubines sing her praises: ‘Who is this, arising like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as an army with billowing banners?’” (Song of Songs‬ ‭6‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ NLT)‬‬.

I have had a mistress for forty-one years. And this one gets better with age. Let me explain…

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February 20, 2024 | Time for the Harvest?

May 15, 2024 Tim Philpot

“I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest!” (John 4:35).

I retired in January 2018 at age 67. Most lawyers never get to retire, but I was fortunate to have a generous judicial and legislative pension…

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February 6, 2024 | Fifty-Four Year Walk

February 20, 2024 Tim Philpot

“They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.” (Revelation 3:4, ESV).

It was 7:30 am on February 6, 2024. Blue skies and 44 degrees greeted me for my opening tee shot for my annual Second-Tee golf marathon…

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