The topic we consider today falls under the main theme of the Convention, “Running the Race.” Hebrews 12, verses 1 and 2, from which text the theme is taken, is a passage that builds upon what was written in Chapter 11. And Hebrews 11 is the chapter of that great cloud of witnesses, those who […]

I would like to thank the host societies for the work they have put into this convention and for the privilege they gave me to address you this evening. Our prayer is that God may use these few days as a means to strengthen and encourage our young people to run the race that is […]

Excitement builds as the runners line up on the track. Each is focused; distracted by nothing around them. They carefully position their feet and hands for the best possible start. Muscles tense, a shot cracks, and the runners are off in the blur of arms and legs. Every ounce of energy is poured forth in […]

School will soon begin. As with the beginning of anything, how we begin is so important for how things end. In those crucial seconds before the gun sounds, a racer wiggles his or her toes into just the right place with every muscle ready to spring into action at just the right moment. It may […]