by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Dec 22, 2017
I was facilitating a Bible Study with a group of 3rd and 4th graders when I was asked one of those questions that may keep some people from teaching. It wasn’t apologetics, or homiletics, or the difference between free will and predestination. Two sisters were in the...
by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Dec 19, 2017
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the...
by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Dec 11, 2017
There weren’t many activities you could sign up for as a new cadet—a “doolie”—at the Air Force Academy in the early 1970s. Actually, there were quite a few activities available, but you would only have time to sign up for one or two. That was a function of how much...
by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Dec 2, 2017
Just these past couple of weeks some really good people very close to me no longer have their jobs. I know how they feel. This column won’t necessarily make them feel any better, but when someone is grieving, like when he loses his job, those close by need to offer...
by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Nov 27, 2017
When I was on active duty, I kept my office door open for most meetings. But, when I was meeting with a member of the opposite sex, I never closed my door. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust the people who came there. I was simply cognizant of the fact that I was prone to...
