“Even in old age, they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.” (Psalm 92:14 NLT).
“Old Pro”. These two words echo in so many golf tales throughout the decades…
Read moreNovember 8, 2023 | Enrique Cepeda
“Now go, and do as I have told you. I will help you speak well, and I will tell you what to say.” Exodus 4:12.
On November 1, 2023, I lost a “Treasure”…
Read moreOctober 26, 2023 | Richie's Good Friday
Last Friday, October 20, was not a “Good Friday” for my Church of God pastor friend Richie Nobles, who headed out for a routine golf game at Steelwood Country Club…
Read moreOctober 11, 2023 | HUMZEY: Golf Helps
Humzey Yessin, Kentucky legend and golf professional (1927 - 2023).
One of the great days of my teenage life was the day my father told us he had joined Tates Creek Country Club in Lexington, KY…
Read moreSeptember 11, 2023 | Is It Monday Again?
“They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.” Psalm 64:4 (NLT).
Not every day is the same. Everyone over thirty remembers where they were on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001…
Read moreAugust 18, 2023 | Timmy
“I am writing to Timothy, my true son in the faith.” (I Timothy 1:2).
My 1950’s childhood was idyllic. I was born Timothy Neil Philpot, but everyone called me “Timmy”…
Read moreJuly 31, 2023 | CRUCIFORM and the Missing Cross
“And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:27).
I learned a new word last month. CRUCIFORM. I love new thoughts and words…
Read moreJULY 13, 2023 | One Drop of Water
“Wealth is treacherous…” *Habakkuk 2:4.
My last story (Will anyone say No to the Money?) was a rant and rave about the LIV/PGA/PIF merger. Money and greed have finally consumed my beloved game of golf. And it makes me sad…
Read moreJune 30, 2023 | Will anyone say NO to the Money?
“Wealth created by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.” (Proverbs 21:6)
Once upon a time, in a land far far away, June was my favorite month. Mostly thanks to golf…
Read moreMay 29, 2023 | ENDURANCE: Men Wanted
“But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” (Matthew 24:16).
I get cold just thinking about it…
Read moreApril 20, 2023 | The Man in the Middle
“Live such good lives among the pagans…..” (I Peter 2:12)
Where do you live? For most of my life, the answer was simple. Kentucky! Now, it is a little more complicated since retirement years find us in south Alabama. And we love it!…
Read moreApril 12, 2023 | Asbury Revival (Part Four)
“I will give power to my two witnesses…” Revelation 11:3…
Read moreApril 6, 2023 | North Korea and Undercover Missionaries
In 2002, I spent four days in North Korea. I presume the CIA has been watching me ever since. How I got there is still a small mystery…
Read moreMarch 18, 2023 | Happy Birthday from the 15th Tee
Arnold Palmer in the 1960s
Today (March 18) is my 72nd Birthday. If life was a metaphorical round of golf, and if the life actuarial tables are accurate, I am now standing on the 15th Tee…
Read moreMarch 8, 2023 | Asbury Revival (Part Three)
“Who has believed our message? To whom will the Lord reveal his saving power?” (Isaiah 53:1 NLT)…
Read moreMarch 3, 2023 | Asbury Revival (Part Two)
“For these rules were only shadows of the real thing, which is Christ himself.” Colossians 2:17 NLT…
Read moreFebruary 27, 2023 | Asbury Revival (Part One)
“The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation.” Isaiah 60:22…
Read moreJanuary 31, 2023 | 100 Holes of Heaven
It was 44 degrees when I teed off in Loxley, Alabama to play 100 holes of real golf (putt out, keep score, etc.) in one day, all for a good cause, The Second Tee…
Read moreJanuary 19, 2023 | The Nonsense of Stephen Hawking: "Higher Than the Heavens"
“For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens…Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth.” (Psalm 108:4-5, words from King David written approximately 3,000 years ago).
Go to the internet or the history books (if there is such a thing in 2023), and you will find the name of Stephen Hawking. He was widely considered the greatest scientist of his generation. There is much to admire…
Read moreJanuary 12, 2023 | Chattanooga Choo-Choo
In 1999, I was speaking to a CBMC crowd in St Louis…
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