Five Pillars of the Fourth of July.

The “Twelve Day War” is over and the world is safer from nukes. The “Big Beautiful Bill” passed the Senate and should help many Americans. And the U.S. Supreme Court shut down “judge shopping” in a landmark case. 

Yet, a communist–Zohran Mamdani–could be the Big Apple’s next mayor if New Yorkers don’t wake up. And in the past two weeks, three close friends passed away. I prayed with two just before they entered “paradise.” 

What an up-and-down world we live in. 

As you celebrate the American Independence this year, please soothe your national and personal concerns with five rock-solid pillars of the Fourth of July. 

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It’s Here! One Small Life: Revival Adventures from My Fifty-Year Journal

This past week after nine months of print preparation, my life story was published and some copies shipped to our door from Chicago, Illinois. 

I feel like the biggest literary “baby” of my life has been born–and I’m deeply grateful.

I never thought I’d ever write a book, let alone an autobiography. But two simple decisions at age 19 made it all possible. The result is One Small Life: Revival Adventures from My Fifty-Year Journal.

Here’s the inside story and how you can get a copy.

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Pride is Usually a Sin

June used to be known as the “wedding” month when a man and woman came together in holy matrimony, usually in a church, to demonstrate the God-given origin and covenant of marriage.

Our wedding, though not in June, took place on October 10, 1976, before 300 people at Harper Church. The wedding announcement stated: “We believe that the wonderful God of the universe has called us to serve him together in the beauty of holiness.”

Today the month of June has become “Pride Month” with numerous parades and celebrations around the nation. Some members of the current administration want it to become “Pride Summer.”

That’s problematic. 

Pride is usually a sin.

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