Bzzzzzz, Bzzzzzz, Bzzzzzz! That was it. About 3-4 buzzes and my hair was gone. They had little to work with though. In 1965, the hair fashions were shorter, so my twin brother Roger and I had little to lose with our “crewcut” hairstyles. Most people getting their heads shaved have little to lose – maybe a little ego or self-esteem. Scripture gives us a story about a buzz job that had some serious side effects.   Most of us are...

Doctors do it. Detectives do it. Aliens allegedly do it. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines the verb form of a “probe” as follows: “to search into and explore very thoroughly:subject to a penetrating investigation.” Probing is a long-accepted military practice. In combat operations, a commander will probe the enemy’s defenses to find a weak point to exploit. As soldiers of the cross, our enemy is probing us for weaknesses in our...

I know what you’re thinking! Your mind is going to that epic Gerard Butler movie from 2006, where three hundred buff Spartan dudes held off the entire Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae and saved the country. While that was an actual historical battle, they took theatrical liberties in the film. What I’m talking about is the story of three hundred regular guys, which probably won’t make it to the big screen. This battle happened about...