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 supposed to be inauguration day, he arrived in New York City (where the U.S. Capitol was then) almost 2 months late. When he died (December 14, 1799) at age sixty-seven, General Henry (Light-Horse Harry) Lee (father of Ro
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 risky behavior and seek to defy the odds of getting hurt. Why on earth would we give in to their pressure and copy their methods of operation? It makes no sense at all. The flesh in which we all live can be lured to the ed
