Monday is for Discussion Five principles from Psalm 106. You can search them out for yourself in the Psalm, they are all clear enough. But in the interest of brevity let me just state them and ask a few questions. It forgets its past. It murmurs against God. It yokes itself to false gods. It … More How a Nation Destroys Its Greatness
Sunday Afternoon Musings The following is a brief article from Kairos Journal and it is well worth some patient thought and reflection. The first sentence is a powerful sounding of alarm. It sits in my spirit like the blowing of a loud trumpet. Pray that the Church in America would seek purity, holiness, and righteousness … More Not Even Among Pagans!
Sunday Reflections Let’s Remember that We are ALL Sinners It won’t be popular. It won’t make you popular. It won’t make your life easy. It won’t make you assertive about your “rights.” It won’t chase your depression away with “happy thoughts.” But it will remind you of forgiveness. It will remind you of grace. It … More Let’s Remember that We are ALL Sinners
The original post was only 318 words long but it sure has generated an interesting comment thread. Join the conversation and take a look at how to engage your atheist friends in respectful but firm ways as you defend the faith. For more see: Christianity is the Best Thing that Ever Happened to the World
Sunday Musings Kentland, IN For the first time on a Sunday morning, I was able to visit our outreach in Kentland, IN. It was a good morning of sweet fellowship with some familiar faces who are bringing the gospel of Christ to the Kentland community. Everyone did a super job and it was exciting to … More Ends and Odds and Weekend Quotes
Still learning what this means. I don’t think I will ever outgrow the need to be reminded of this simple principle: “Pray till you pray”
Wednesday is for Revival Third in a series of brief letters for all those who are traveling the path of the “Five Resolves to Personal Revival.” You can find the first here, and the second here. You can download a copy of the five resolves here. They were written by Jim Elliff and over the … More Traveling the Path to Revival
I’m working on a post that I don’t want to write but feel compelled to because of the political chaos in the current Presidential election campaign. The tentative title is Ten Biblical Reasons Not to Support Donald Trump for President. Here’s the first point: Donald Trump Feeds Anger to Angry People. “The anger of men does … More Controversy Coming
Tuesday One of my goals last year was to read all of Shakespeare’s plays. It was an epic fail. Instead of all of Shakespeare’s plays, I read only one, Hamlet. I have long been mesmerized by the play since my days of teaching the Life of David at the Institute of Biblical Studies and the … More Thinking About Sin and Shakespeare
“A community which allows unemployed members to exist within it will perish because of them.” —Bonhoeffer Source: Bonhoeffer Speaks on Unemployment and the Church
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