Bob Eckhart was a strong, robust man in his 40's with a gray beard. He had given his life to Christ a number of years before and had a passion for sharing Jesus with people. Eckhart especially loved a...  Read More

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18Sandra Jillian Solomon was born on January 26, 1992. Our family was complete, wi...  Read More

The well-known author Kurt Vonnegut once said: “The truth is, we know so little about life, we don’t really know what the good news is and what the bad news is." Now, for followers of Jesus Christ, th...  Read More

When I was a very young believer in the early 1970's, I attended a very strong and vibrant Bible church in Arlington, Virginia. There was a man there whom I saw virtually every Sunday. I remember one ...  Read More

Avoiding OffenseAugust 22, 2019As many of you know, I have a wonderful daughter Jill. She suffers from severe physical and mental disabilities. She and my wife Brenda are the loves of my life.   One o...  Read More

WoodstockAugust 11, 2019It is hard to believe that 50 years ago this week I was at Woodstock.As August 1969 rolled around, some of my friends told me about a music festival that was coming to the Cats...  Read More

I loved my father in a deep and tender way and longed to spend time with him. But my dad seemed oblivious to all of this and with few exceptions he spent virtually no time with me. He attended one Lit...  Read More

 “What a lot of people don’t understand is that a person contemplating suicide is in overwhelming emotional pain and they think very differently than people who are rational. Suicide seems like the be...  Read More

If we are honest, we all love a good redemption story. Even Hollywood could not have written a better one than we watched yesterday, as Tiger Woods did what many thought he would never do again. He wo...  Read More

I want to personally thank you for your prayers for Lon Solomon Ministries. By His grace, God is choosing to bless our ministry and "expand its coast" as Jabez prayed. We have the chance to go daily M...  Read More

In a letter dated March 31, 1840, the great Scottish preacher Robert Murray McCheyne wrote the following letter to a suffering parishioner:"You cannot love trouble for its own sake; bitter must always...  Read More

"And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you."  Ephesians 4:32This morning, I read an editorial in USA Today that took me back 30 years in time....  Read More