Blog Entries by J. Michael Smith

Life is really lived moment by moment. As I sit back and look at my children sometimes I realize that this generation has a hard time with one thing: silence. I am the same way more often than I want to admit. Just think about it: how much time do we spend on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, and the internet in general? How many times do we...

In the spring, when the kings normally went out to war, David sent out Joab, his servants, and all the Israelites. They destroyed the Ammonites and attacked the city of Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. While he was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. She...

I want to be honest with you guys.  We like to deal with things on a surface level.  It’s like washing the outside of the car, but knowing that there is food all between the seats, and trash everywhere inside.  There is nothing more embarrassing than being caught in the act of something.  Picking your nose, pulling out a wedgie, or scrambling...

(The names have been changed to protect the guilty, remorseful, and determined to overcome).

There was this man whose name is K. Mickey who loved God, followed Jesus, and loved sports.  He had come from a background of pornography and was doing well in his new life with Christ. His favorite Sports Talk radio station used the phrase: “We Know...

In my distress I said, “All people are liars." Psalm 116:11 (NCV)

I mean that’s how I feel! We lie to ourselves by thinking that we have arrived and have finally defeated sin. We look at our situation and have the proverbial “foot on the throat” victory pose. We kick back and say “So, what shall we do now? We have won the battle!”  We experience...