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This is a story about a man who was struck by a power that changed the whole course of his life, a man called Joe. Joe grew up in Kingsport, and he and all his buddies worked shift work at Eastman. He had a comfortable job and a comfortable life. But something happened to Joe, something he didn’t expect. And although he never went past high school, never had any other formal training, within a few years he was speaking to thousands, writing...

How you handle your riches is in many ways the mark of the character and quality of your Christian faith, the measure of your Christianity.  –John MacArthur Because the way we handle money & possessions is so closely tied to the core of our spiritual lives, the Bible spends a great deal of time explaining how we should handle them. One of the key passages on riches is 1 Timothy 6:17-19(ESV): As for the rich in this present age, charg...

There has been much written about the scourge of Photoshop, the program that enhances nearly every photo we see in magazines and on the net. Every blemish, every wart gone. No fat from that Christmas candy. Every muscle perfectly toned from hours of disciplined exercise, oh, sorry, every muscle perfectly toned from a few clicks of a mouse.    With the right computer program, you can even generate a completely artificial computer perfection. The...

I was interested in reading what will probably be Billy Graham’s last book, Nearing Home. The subtitle, “Life, Faith, and Finishing Well” is an apt one. This is not a book of theology, but a book of wisdom, written by a faithful servant of God who is facing the debilitating effects of advanced age with honesty and grace. Although organized into ten chapters, the book takes a meandering course, as if you were sitting down next t...

Peace of the soul is often looked on as a destination in life’s journey, something that we aspire to and may someday reach if we are wise enough or spiritual enough. After a recent vacation in Rome, I now see peace not as a destination, but as a beginning, as the best place to start each journey of my life. I had arrived in Rome in a travel group of fifty high school seniors and parents, the last stop in a whirlwind tour of Europe. I was e...

I love a good salad bar, because it is not just about eating but about creating. You have all these ingredients– different flavors, different sizes, different textures, different colors — and you get to decide which to use and how much of each to use. No two salads are the same— they will all look different and taste different. What will be the perfect salad to you will be revolting to someone sitting right beside you. What fun...

  My Newest Book– The Sunflower: A Parable of Life Once upon a time there was a sunflower seed… …so begins a simple tale of trust & beauty that we can all relate to.  Often it is the simplest of ideas that can lead to profound shifts in our lives. Dr. Hollandsworth’s new inspirational gift book The Sunflower tells such a story, one that is well worth reading, pondering, and sharing with those you love. Available ...

Perspective. Wisdom. Guidance. They’re always welcome, and often sorely needed, in each of our lives. And that’s exactly what Pastor Max Lucado delivers in his new book Max on Life— godly pastoral wisdom and counsel on 170 different topics. Questions that he has been asked over his decades of ministry, ranging from “How can I be sure of my salvation?” to “How can my husband and I agree on spending?” The q...

There is an old computer acronym called GIGO, which stands for Garbage In, Garbage Out. It means no matter how good the computer program is, if you feed it the wrong data, you will get the wrong answer. The GIGO principle works in our lives too. If we feed our minds and our hearts with “input” from a mixed up, self-centered world, we will end up thinking, feeling, and acting just as mixed up too. We wonder why we see so many young pe...

Jump Off by April Gazmen via Flickr I had a friend tell me that he was “100% trusting God.” I smiled, and thought to myself, “Boy, I wish I could trust like that, one hundred percent.” But then I thought, how would I rate myself? Ninety eight percent? Eighty percent? How much trust do I have? Although I like living in a world of grays and probabilities, trust is black or white, all or nothing. You either trust or you don&#...