The little blue box immediately caught my attention  For starters, it was laying on top of my stack of mail (an observant lad am I).  🙂  Secondly,… Read more “A Helpful but Humbling Idea”

I have finally made it to the 8th and final sin on my list of sins Christians are starting to ignore.  In the way of reminder, let… Read more “Sin #8: Judgmental”

As the oldest son of one Robert W. Helton and his darling wife, Peggy, little Mark Allen (me) was not aloud to use the word “hate” in… Read more “Sin #7: Hatred”

When I first sat down weeks ago (ok…it was months ago) to start this series of blogs I was excited.  I had never done a series before… Read more “Sin # 6: Gossip (UH-OH!!!)”

This particular sin takes us a back a spell.  As a little boy I had no idea what Moses was going on about in the 9th commandment,… Read more “Sin #5: Gluttony/Coveting”

Allow me to take just a moment and thank you for reading these blogs.  I know everyone is busy.  It’s truly a blessing when I see folks… Read more “Sin #4: Pride”

Seems like just the other day a professor uttered the memorable little sentence, “Fellas chances are good you will not be saying a whole lot in your… Read more “Sin #3: Fear & Worry”

I bet you’re making an odd face at this very second.  I know I did when I saw Patriotism listed as one of the “8 Sins Christians… Read more “Sin #2: Patriotism”

In my last blog, “Of Course I Read It,” which I submitted on March 18th, I promised a series of blogs describing 8 sins that have sadly… Read more “Sin #1: The Pharisees’ DNA”

I have a confession to make.  This is humbling and definitely not an easy thing to come clean about…but it’s necessary for this blog series.  I don’t… Read more “Of Course I Read It!”