When Sherman Smith recruited Deland McCullough to play American football for Miami University he loved Deland and became the father Deland never had Deland had great admiration for Sherman and aimed to become the man he was Decades later when Deland tracked down his birth mom she shocked him with the news ldquo Your father rsquo s name is Sherman Smith rdquo Yes that Sherman Smith Coach Smith was stunned to learn he had a son and Deland was stunned that his father figure was literally his father The next time they met Sherman hugged Deland and said ldquo My [... more]

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God therefore the world knoweth us not because it knew him not John [... more]

When most people think of idolatry they picture a temple with little golden statues But while worshiping a statue is certainly a form of idolatry it's not the only kind [... more]

Three-year-old Dylan McCoy had just learned to swim when he fell through a rotted plywood covering into a forty-foot deep stone-walled well in his grandfather rsquo s backyard Dylan managed to stay afloat in ten feet of water until his father climbed down the slippery rocks to rescue him Firefighters brought ropes to raise the boy but the father was so worried about his son that he hastily climbed down to make sure he was safe Oh the love of a parent Oh the lengths and depths we will go for our children When the apostle John writes to believers [... more]