The CRAWFORD STAND podcast

Two kinds of fathers are there. The one Heavenly, the other earthly. The Lord of Glory, the Carpenter of Nazareth said: “I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.” What a claim. Blasphemy by a human being if it were not true. But they were ONE, and the carpenter from Nazareth told us in unequivocal terms that the CREATOR OF THIS UNIVERSE AND OUR EARTH was indeed among so many other things a: FATHER To Him and to...

Education in America is in one sad state. Even in some cases, Christian education succumbs to secular pressure, woke-radical influence, even anti-American and anti-Christian influence but, thankfully for the most part, remains a sane and sensible option, certainly for Christians but for truly conservative Americans as well. The leading secular universities are beset with student terrorist tactics....

In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated on the last Monday in May, echoing the words and sentiments of the proclamation of General John A. Logan of the grand Army of the Republic in 1868 who stated: “Memorial Day is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the...

Education in America is in a sad state. That is especially so with higher education, colleges and universities. Traditional education, at every turn, is being challenged, reduced, or eliminated and new educational subjects take hold. Places of higher education have become breeding grounds for radicals, revolutionary tactics, and rebellion against authority and the rule of law. Witness the takeover...

He, the man who finds a good wife finds a good thing, so says the scripture. Any such man is blessed of the Lord when he finds the RIGHT woman and, in love, takes her as his wife. The life of any man is made complete, richer and fuller, when he shares life with the right wife. Solomon, the King, knew the value, the blessing of a good wife. The crowning joy of a woman-wife was to be MOTHER, and the...

It is here now, this spiritual fight and the preliminary stages of the battle rage. The fight is with an enemy stealthy, sly, and determined. The enemy is an evil force, hateful, and determined to win this battle. It plots day and night to do just that. We, God’s people, are in this fight, and it must be with all our might. This enemy, the army of Satan, has every weapon possible available in its...

This world of ours has little joy, real joy. Perhaps there exists some sort of superficial happiness, but transient and really unfulfilling, but little more. It seems that so much of our world is sad, hopeless in feeling, even hateful. Our world is angry, antagonistic, so very jealous and greedy, negative in so many ways. I wonder, are you afraid, feeling uncertain and insecure, perhaps even from...

Do you tell your spouse the truth? ALWAYS? That would be the whole truth and nothing but the truth, do you? When you communicate with spouse or children, or any family members or friends, or even in the workplace, or church, or social gatherings, do you tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth all the time? ALL THE TIME? And, do you expect others to tell the truth, the whole trut...

Do you believe that the Resurrection happened? That a man, Jesus of Nazareth, actually rose from the dead, do you? We celebrate this unnatural, God – motivated event, the greatest in human history next week. But again, do you actually believe that this Resurrection, physically, bodily actually happened? The Apostle Paul says that if you do not believe, then your faith is in vain. That is, if this...

Up the carpenter went to Jerusalem, a very special man soon to be crucified and then, in mighty triumph, wondrously resurrected from the dead. He dined with his disciples, a last loving supper with them to celebrate his body and his blood. The communion, the meaning of the Living Christ had begun. They found him, the Romans and the Sanhedrin did, they tried him, found him guilty although no man so...

That, says the scriptures, THE CROSS is an: OFFENSE. The meaning, the thought, the application of the cross is indeed an offense to the NATURAL MAN. That is, the man or woman who has no belief in Christianity. This natural person, man or woman, is offended by the notion of the cross. In fact, this anti-Christian person is offended by anything about the cross, including the blood of Jesus Christ. F...

Hollywood is increasingly finding Jesus - and the results could be profound. Those are the words of Billy Hallowell, writer for the interesting publication THE WASHINGTON TIMES. Finding Jesus in the world of Hollywood can always be suspect for such a finding may be superficial and could be the finding of a Hollywood Jesus and not a Biblical Jesus. Nonetheless, it can be hoped that the real Jesus,...

What a joy it is to be a Christian, a real Christian. A biblically based Christian. A Christian who believes as a life-long credo: FOR BY GRACE ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD NOT OF WORKS LEST ANY MAN OR WOMAN SHOULD BOAST. That, my friends, is the real gospel, simply put as the real gospel is. The grace of God is almost undefinable, without boundarie...

Inevitable, was it not my fellow Christians, that artificial intelligence, the so-called AI would step into the pulpit? This people-replacer, so say the experts, can be either friend or foe. It can either be an aid to the pastor in terms of preparation and time, like the concordance, the wrap-opt, the microphone, and existing sophisticated bible research software; or say the foes, AI can actually...

Study to show yourself approved unto God. Workmen and workwomen who know what they’re talking about, know what and in whom they have believed, and consequently are not ashamed because they really know how to understand, digest, and explain the precious INSPIRED WORD OF GOD: OUR BIBLE! What a pleasure, what a privilege, to be a Christian, especially in this dark day and age. Christian faith does no...

LOVE IS THE GREATEST. Even greater than faith, or hope, or any other thing. We celebrate the love of Valentine’s Day and appropriately so. That loving celebration is fun, romantic, even emotional. It is a day set aside once to live love and to express our love to all, but especially so to someone special. Love is a word difficult of definition. In fact, it has many component parts. Love is complex...

The greatest of all things is LOVE. The greatest, says the Apostle Paul, agreed upon by the world’s greatest thinkers, artists and poets is: LOVE Love is best. The Bible book 1 Corinthians 13 is Paul’s finest expression of love by far. Read and read again those marvelous apostolic definitions of love. One of the meanings of this powerful force is spiritual devotion, a reasoning, intentional spirit...

SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD. Those are the words of the Apostle Paul, inspired by the God for whom we should study, to his brother, his son Timothy. And to you and to me and to all. Once the heart is redeemed, cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ, then comes the mind, the ability to think and to reason in a Godly way, on Godly Christ-like things and to learn how to train up that mind, make it...

We who believe live in a day and age of so-called: PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY. Progressive means that Christians today are subject to new interpretations of scripture, a redefinition of what Christianity is all about, a resetting of Christian values, morals, and priorities, and most of all, a battle with a foreign and antagonistic culture like never before. The Bible, always presumed to be the inspi...

Public schools in communities across the country have failed to educate students. Have they ever, with very few exceptions. Public schools have failed and are continuing to fail to educate students. The worst part about all of this is that there really is no solution in sight. It really seems as though public education will only get worse. Years ago, parents and taxpayers lost control. Perhaps tha...

If you were born, human being created by God Almighty, between the years 1997-2012 you are a member, like it or not, of the newest generation in America: GEN Z. You would be of the age 11-26. Therefore, you are so informed, you and your Gen-Z compatriots have little if any interest in RELIGION, whatever that means. In the extreme, perhaps that means you have no interest in faith, or no faith in yo...

We live, my fellow Americans, in the greatest nation in the history of mankind. There is not, nor has there ever been, a nation like: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Never. It is a nation conceived in freedom. It treasures and fosters democracy. It is a constitutional nation, and it is a nation where, as Dr. Martin Luther King so well said, if in fact its citizens live up to its constitution, treasu...

With God, all things are possible. ALL THINGS! Even an event like THE VIRGIN BIRTH. Some 2,000 years ago, an angel was sent by God to the tiny town of Nazareth in the Galilee area. The area was small, the inhabitants few, and a popular saying of the day was: CAN ANY GOOD THING COME OUT OF NAZARETH? Perhaps not before, but after the visit by the angel Gabriel to an unknown Mary, from Nazareth would...

PEACE. Peace, I give unto you. My peace. Not as the world gives. Mine is perfect peace. Let not your heart be troubled and do not be afraid! The words of the BABE OF BETHLEHEM. The most reassuring words, the words, the promises, which this world needs now so desperately. All humankind craves peace now more than ever, and that peace is more elusive than ever. In the end times, so say scriptures, th...

quit, we learned from our mistakes, and we always did our best, always with his unique and abiding strength and most importantly: LOVE. We, the Crawford Broadcasting Company, for 65 years, prayed for His blessing, even as we praised Him, and God our Father. The battles we faced were difficult and many still are, but praise and thank God, we never compromised, and stood steadfast every day of our b...