By Joshua Franks
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Bruceton
I’m the proud father of two awesome little boys who are, of course, always into mischief. Most of the time I feel like a drill sergeant barking commands. These commands are usually met with a myriad of excuses as to why they can’t comply. “Clean up your room before dinner,” I’ll decree. Immediately the protest begins. The promise to do it later soon follows. My response is always the same. “There wasn’t a question mark on the end of that sentence.”
That’s human nature. We’re always looking for a way out of doing the things we don’t really like to do. For instance, we’re told by police officers that we can’t speed, yet how many of us don’t try to get away with it when we’re in a hurry? [Read more…]