by Kevin Burton Half-heartedness in the service of Jesus, makes Jesus sick. The Bible says so. This is a message from Jesus to the Church at Laodicea: “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot …
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In Today’s America You Have To Pay Attention
by Kevin Burton Gonna make myself a sign, and I’ll tell you why. First, by way of explanation, a bit from my coaching days. When I began coaching the Wichita Sonics beep baseball team, I adopted the three rules that the late John Madden, the old Oakland Raiders coach, had for his …
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Wichita State Great Ron Baker Turns 30
by Kevin Burton Ron Baker, the shooting guard who helped usher in the greatest era of basketball at Wichita State, turns 30 tomorrow. Some of us may not be ready to hear that. Some of us overlooked, downtrodden people clung tightly to those Wichita State teams, underdogs who routinely slayed giants (I’m …
Making Good Use Of Trapped Time
by Kevin Burton It’s twenty minutes to 10 a.m. on a Saturday. My wife and I have agreed that Bible study will be at 10. She’s on the phone. I have twenty minutes to use or lose. What to do? I can’t get into a project that’s too complicated, but neither do …
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