Articles by Harold

Booth Goodwin, most recently the Federal Attorney for Southern West Virginia, came to Ohio Valley University to speak with students. During the visit he met with a local drug free coalition where I serve on the board. He reports [...]

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” My sons heard that question all the time. So did I when I was a teenager. One day after I stuttered a quick answer, my father just said, “Make sure [...]

A few years ago while in a class at a Christian college lectureship, Dan Cooper asked us, “How many of you became Christians before the age of twenty?” About ninety per cent of the one hundred Christian leaders raised [...]

Part V: Abandoned Children and Attachment Disorders It was an international adoption. The abandoned boy came to the attention of a single parent in a neighboring nation. The paperwork was the easy part. The problems started when the youngster seemed [...]

Part IV: A Forgotten God Remembers God said it. He was talking about the Israel of the eighth century B.C. They lived in Samaria and Bethel and Gilgal. It’s a line so brief, most people likely miss it. Three words [...]

Part III: A Terrible Prayer Hosea started to pray, and then stopped. “Give them, O LORD—.” What he wanted to ask was so horrible. His prayer (Hosea 9:14) seemed so unacceptable. How could he ask God to do what he [...]

Part II: It’s Got You Written All Over It She hated her name. When she was little, she didn’t understand. But when she learned the whole story, her name became a burden. Some think it has a pretty sound: Lo-Ruhamah, [...]

Bible Study About Children Hosea—A Book About Hurting Children Part I: Hosea--A Biblical Book for Child Care Workers! Hosea is a seldom-read, fourteen-chapter Minor Prophet that remains a remarkably relevant book. Those who work with hurting children will find the [...]

Sons and Daughters of God Central to our identity as Christians is our claiim to be children of God. He is our Father. We become his daughters. We are reborn as his sons. Yet none of us have a direct [...]

      Part 1: Fathers in the Bible The word “father” appears in the Bible over 1,500 times. Most Christians could name dozens of biblical fathers and sons, from Adam and his sons, Cain and Abel, to Zebedee and [...]

    Part 2: God as Father God as Father is well known to most Christians. In the New Testament, God is called father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom 15:6 and several other texts), father of mercies and all [...]