When a pastor leaves a church, we tend to ask a whole group of questions. Why couldn’t we keep him? Why did the elders force him out? What was the deacons problem with the pastor? Why did he choose to leave us? He was only here for four years. Was there something else we could … More Why God Takes Some Pastors Away
An excerpt from the book, Experience the Passion of Christ. Good Friday is a day of meditation and prayer. I will be reading about the events of the last hours of Christ on the cross, thinking and praying about the messages I have given in the past and helping my grandchildren to embrace the wonder of the … More A Good Friday Meditation for Worshipers of the King
I was raised in one of those traditions that observed Lent as a solemn season of preparation for the glories of Easter and the resurrection. Ash Wednesday marks 40 days–corresponding to Israel’s 40 years in the wilderness and Jesus’ 40 days in the same place–till Maundy Thursday of Passion Week. The ashes remind us that … More A Maundy Thursday Meditation
May your glory be laid in the dust.May you decrease so that He might increase. And may your delight in Him make you not even noticethe disappearance of your glory.
The shortest chapter in the Psalms and the Bible is Psalm 117. It is also the middle chapter in the Bible with exactly 594 chapters before it and after it. Don’t go overboard with that observation. There is nothing inspired about the chapters of the Bible. But this is interesting–It is a Psalm centered in … More Psalm 117: Shortest Chapter in the Bible
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