Martin Wiles

As support for immigration reform continues to grow among Southern Baptists and other evangelical Christians, the Southern Baptist Convention's chief executive officer said April 17 in South Carolina that the U.S. stands ?at a crossroad of opportunity? for dealing... Continue Reading »

Angry clouds and pounding rain threatened to cancel the Tuesday night rally at the Rick Gage ?Go Tell? crusade at Belton Honea-Path High School. Just in time, however, the rain stopped, and the clouds gave way to sunny skies.... Continue Reading »

It was the Christmas holidays, and the three brothers and their families were gathering at Mom's: one from Rock Hill, one from the Lowcountry and a third was local. My wife and I camped out in our normal room,... Continue Reading »

We prayed, but nothing happened. Normally my wife has clear direction where God is taking us. She did this time, too, but no doors opened. We loved our ministry, but it was only part-time and bills were mounting. So... Continue Reading »

Sarah Edwards, wife of 18th century preacher Jonathan Edwards, wrote to her daughter shortly after her husband's death: ?What shall I say? A holy and good God has covered us with a dark cloud. O that we may kiss... Continue Reading »

I felt the first rain drop splatter against my face and immediately knew we were in trouble. My son, daughter and I were inside a tent deep in the mountains. We shouldn't have felt anything, but that's what happens... Continue Reading »

He was comparatively small by height and weight, never made it beyond sixth grade, never owned a new vehicle and worked on an ice cream truck until he retired at 72. My paternal grandfather built a legacy, but not... Continue Reading »

Somewhere around the mid 1700s, Christopher Wiles was born. In our Wiles? family history book, he is the oldest ancestor traceable without help from a professional genealogist. Because he was born and later married, I?m alive. And traits of... Continue Reading »

My vehicle serves a purpose. It takes me to work, grocery stores, doctor appointments, restaurants, church, and on vacation. But only if I understand its purpose. Failing to do that means calling a taxi or paying someone to take... Continue Reading »

Death is not a subject most people enjoy thinking or talking about. We obviously don't like the word because we?ve invented other terms to lessen the impact of what happens: deceased, passed, gone, departed, lost, released and asleep. No... Continue Reading »

Situated in Red Square in the center of Moscow since shortly after his death in 1924, Vladimir Lenin's corpse requires daily moisturizing and injection of preservatives under his clothes to safeguard its appearance. His sarcophagus is kept at 61... Continue Reading »

There was a time when retirement years weren't celebrated, and with good reason ? there wasn't any. People worked until they died or became physically incapacitated, at which time they depended on family and savings. Neither employers nor the... Continue Reading »