Once upon a time, I was going to do this for every year as a summary of the year’s activity. This evening, I found this in the draft list of unfinished posts. Perhaps it will help some of you # 1 Piercing an Ear as an Act of Worship Sometimes 400 people a day were … More Top 7 Posts of 2012
My pre-sleep reading for the last week has been an older book about a man whose small slice of fame has receded into the obscure shadows of regional history. I’m 120 pages into the R.C. Sproul biography, STRONGER THAN STEEL: THE WAYNE ALDERSON STORY. Have you ever heard of Wayne Alderson? Chances are extremely high … More Sunday Afternoon Book Recommendation
Your Bible is Worthless . . . If You Do Not Read It! Here are some of the scandalous facts about America Christians. I am going to quote some statistics that are 14 years old. Normally, that would be unreliable data. But in this case I don’t know of a researcher alive who would say … More The Scandal at the Center of Christian Failure
It is a request of Jesus in what scholars call His “high-priestly prayer”. John 17 occurs in the last 18 hours of Jesus life and the entire chapter is a prayer. It is Jesus’s prayer for his disciples, not just those who walked the hills of Judea with Him, but all of them in all … More Prayer Conundrums and Mysteries
Jesus was unremarkable. That’s what the Bible says, in both the Old and New Testaments. There is no physical description of Jesus, or for that matter, almost anyone in the New Testament. It simply wasn’t considered important information. It’s not that the ancient world didn’t care about beauty and bodily perfections. Indeed, everything we know … More Why Jesus was Unremarkable
I was 17 in the late Summer of 1972, and I wanted to marry a nurse. I met her when she woke me up from my hospital bed at 3 AM in the morning. She was checking in on me after a bad concussion (suffered at football practice) placed me in the hospital for three … More Destroying a Medical Superpower
Don’t be misled, this video is only 8, NOT, 9 minutes long. The last minute is an unintentional comedy of me trying to figure out how to turn the darn thing off! Recording was made at about 4:30 AM about a month ago so, be forgiving, please. And be encouraged. Your Bible is filled with … More Meditating on a Boat and a Psalm
When Jesus passes through a Samaritan town in the last year of His ministry, two of His disciples, James and John, two of the men in the inner circle of His twelve, two of the three men He spent the most time with, demonstrated how far they had yet to grow in their discipleship. James … More Sons of Thunder — Followers of Christ Filled with Anger
I have written about this theme before, here, and here, and in a small book, here and in numerous other places over the years. But I expect to spend the rest of my life exploring and discovering new pictures of faithful cross-shaped ministry. So it was encouraging to find the following story in my reading today … More What Does a Cross-Shaped Life Look Like?
Just learning about this apologetics ministry and what they are doing to make a difference in this generation for any generation in the future. I’m impressed. Looking forward to learning more.
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