Showing Up There is a text in the book of Acts that I have always found intriguing: (See Acts 17:26) 26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, God appoints the times and the boundaries of all the peoples … More Chaplain to the Neighborhood
Sunday is for Challenge For four mostly wonderful years, I lived among the farmers of Iroquois County, IL. We loved our time in Watseka, IL among the corn, soybeans and winter wheat. This short story about a farmer discussing a lush soybean field and what believers in Christ can learn from it in the care … More Deepening the Soul Like a Good Soy Bean Crop
One of the great disappointments of any gathering of pastors is how much of the discussion around our tables, at our conferences, ministerials and seminars revolves around trivialities. We talk more about systems and programs, size of churches, staff hires, staff departures, grumblers and controllers, elders and deacons, ministry structures, what my friend Colin Marshall … More The Discussion We Need to Have with Pastors
A Summary of Old Testament History in a Parable The Parable of the Unfaithful Wife A husband betrothed a wife in a covenant of faithfulness. He bound himself to his wife and swore to love her, protect her, to never forsake her or abandon her for another. His bride made vows to him as well … More A Parable for Our Times (the Unfaithful Wife)
Deuteronomy 8:3 says that the God of Israel, . . . “humbled you and let you be hungry and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh.” … More Every Word. Living by Every Word from His Mouth
I woke this morning to the news that George Verwer has gone home to be with the Lord he loved and served so well in the times of his sojourn. 84 years God gave him, and you can count me among the ones he had a transformative influence. I never met him. I never heard … More We Lost Another Giant in the Land
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Sunday Musings Reading with the Pastor Matthew 21 and Psalm 26 This is a story from history that will show you how to read Old Testament quotations in the New Testament. “One afternoon late in 1946” a Bedouin shepherd boy threw a stone into a cave and heard the sound of pottery…
Isaiah 36-37 The nation is under attack. A powerful enemy has announced his intention to destroy Israel and mocked all attempts to defend the nation or even look for help. The nation’s doom is sure, inevitable, so they would have Israel believe. You can read it all in Isaiah 36. Now the question is what … More What to Do When You are Under Attack
In his book, Miracles, C.S. Lewis nears the conclusion of his 14th chapter with these words, “In science we have been reading only the notes to a poem; in Christianity we find the poem itself.” The book is worth rereading, and reading with an unhurried and reflective wonder. And today, on your walk, or even … More Science and Christianity
David and Jesus and Jeremiah were not afraid to weep. Neither should we. Sunday morning I heard a great message from a young pastor and missionary. His text was Acts 18 and the message was on the sufficiency of the word of God for the planting, protecting, strengthening and expanding of the church. Our hearts … More The Power of the Gospel: Not Afraid to Weep
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