When George Washington took the presidential oath of office as our first president on April 30, 1789, he was a war hero. He could have been King George, but he wisely refused to let the new country go that way. He was a quiet and sober man whose character would be tested but never tarnished. In the 1770s with much to be won and at the risk of losing everything, he stepped up, took the lead and fought the battles necessary for our country’s independence. Although March 4 was s

Whether it is a pastor, a church or an individual Christian, the person who “runs close to the edge” will eventually go over the edge. The crash that results is always injurious if not totally catastrophic. When a Christian finds himself close to the edge, you can be sure that three things are in the mix. You’ve heard of the world, the flesh and the Devil. Well, they are all real and all three are problems. Since the world loves to play loose, they deny the reality of this ri