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“One evening as he (Isaac) was taking a walk out in the fields, meditating, he looked up and saw the camels coming.” (Genesis 24:63 NLT).
Lettie Cowman was a saintly missionary to Japan. She is one of the ‘dead authors’ who speak to me from antiquity…
Read moreBen Ferrell is the only person who sends me a simple thank you card every year.
“Dear Tim, Thank you for leading me to Jesus. Your friend, Ben”…
Read more“They had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and now they were both very old.” (Luke 1:7, NLT).
In 1989, Sue and I joined a dozen other Americans on what we thought would be a typical short-term mission trip…
Read more“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 more“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 moreLast 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…
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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 more“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 more“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 more“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 more“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 more“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 more“But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” (Matthew 24:16).
I get cold just thinking about it…
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“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 more“I will give power to my two witnesses…” Revelation 11:3…
Read moreIn 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…
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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 more“Who has believed our message? To whom will the Lord reveal his saving power?” (Isaiah 53:1 NLT)…
Read more“For these rules were only shadows of the real thing, which is Christ himself.” Colossians 2:17 NLT…
Read more“The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation.” Isaiah 60:22…
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