I think my wife grows more stunning with the passing of time! The other day I was almost overwhelmed by her beauty as she shuffled down the hallway grabbed a cup of coffee and plopped down on the sofa next to me at 6 in the morning to read her Bible and start her…
March Madness is an excellent title for the entire complex phenomenon of brackets, pools, conversations, enthusiasm and dejection that will occur over the course of the next few weeks. This “madness” is expressed in part in the way that many people watch basketball. I may watch a game here or there if I stumble…
I am preaching through the Psalms of Ascent, and contemplating that each Psalm was sung by pilgrims on the way to the City of God. I cannot help but draw parallels between that ancient pilgrimage and the pilgrimage of the Christian to that New Jerusalem that is to come. I believe that the Psalms…
I love charts and graphs. And so when I came across this chart from the Washington Post, and it was the breakdown of Christianity by state, I was hooked. There are a couple of observations that I found interesting, and many will draw even more insightful connections. I cannot help but notice the attempt in the data…
The church has been battered by waves of postmodern thoughts for a few decades. And I believe that the first thing to begin to crack as a church succumbs to the beating is a sense of the absolute knowledge of God! I have heard several things recently that have amounted to a calling into question…
I never wanted to be a public speaker. My Junior year of high school I had to take a speech class and I refused to give an impromptu speech earning for myself the lowest grade I received in a class in my four years of high school. I was not a rebellious kid, enjoyed academics,…
I find that being knowledgable about what goes on around the world makes me uncomfortable. I would be happy to stay in the realm of local news, where bad news amounts to the occasional car accident, the weather continue to calls for more snow . . . Again. And once in a while something crazy…
I was raised to value God’s Word. This was not a consistent message in my home. I do not know how I caught this, except to say that God worked through a preacher who seemed so far removed from daily life, a youth pastor who invested in me, and a bible college that taught me…
My life is entangled with technology. I wish I had a clear solution for those of you who are like me, and find yourself in an increasing fog of technology. I have apps that need to be updated. I have texts to write, blogs to read, shows to watch on Netflix, pictures of my breakfast…
People have been squeezing Jesus into their mold and using him for their purposes for centuries. Everyone with an opinion about anything, is pretty sure that Jesus supports them. In the realm of theology and politics, both the liberal and the conservative persuasions have adopted a Jesus that fits their mold. It is as if…
One of the risks of public speaking is getting carried away by words. So this past Sunday, in reference to 1 Peter 3:15 I was talking about how Christians should be known as a people of “hope”. So far so good! But in the middle of encouraging my people to have hope I did a…
A lot of time has gone into preparing for a few short hours next Thursday! How many bazillions of dollars have been spent? How many bazillions of miles of wrapping paper have been used? How many pigs gave their all for Christmas hams? I imagine that this must be disappointing to those who practice this…
