I mentioned this in Sunday’s message. Why is Paris all over the news and Nigeria isn’t? Don’t get me wrong. The tragedy and what is behind it going on in Paris and the lives lost and the issues at stake are important for the entire world. The lives lost there are important. And the losses … More Why Paris and Not Nigeria?
Sunday Afternoon Musings Imagine a pastor whose congregation of wealthy members . . . refuse to come to church refuse to let anyone else sit in their pews remove chairs that are placed in the aisle so that standing visitors have to remain standing burn the chairs that someone else paid for for the visitors … More Endurance: What Does it Take to Make You Quit?
Friday is for Thinking This week I was away speaking on The Art of Biblical Meditation at a retreat for the college ministry of a multi-congregation church from Chicago. Thursday was the last day of my three day seminar. It was a fun, challenging, and convicting time—not just for the students and leaders but for me. I was reminded of … More Scary Thoughts about Every Idle Word
One of my favorite hymns is Before the Throne. Some years ago, I wrote some additional lyrics for it. I am away on a retreat speaking on the Art of Biblical Meditation and thought I would repost it today to encourage all my friends to reflect on the greatness of the gospel. A Hymn to … More A Hymn to Cry Out to God
I’ve opened up a hornets nest here, but it must be done. If we do “spiritual formation” divorced from equipping for, exhorting to, and holding one another accountable to be witnessing, testimony giving, heralds of the gospel, we will bastardize the process and develop warped, selfish, spiritual snobs To read more, see Why Spiritual Formation is … More Why Spiritual Formation is a Bad Substitute for Discipleship
Saturday Musings There is nothing like having a conversation with a seeker of truth who is confused over what the Bible teaches. They genuinely want to know what to believe and how they can trust what you tell them. I just finished having a two hour conversation with such a seeker whose first twenty years … More Equipping the Saints in the New Year
Sadly, the original video attached to this post from 2015 is lost. Not to fear. I have replaced the original with a Shane and Shane worship song, His Mercy is More. Begin your week right with a 10 minute meditation on the scandalous mercy of God and how the cross is the answer to how … More The Scandalous Mercy of God
First Post of 2015 The Good: I’m still alive. The Bad: There is less sand in the hourglass of life. The Good: I’m still married to Stephnie The Bad: She’s still stuck with me. The Good: I started the year with a workout on the treadmill … More 10 Thoughts on the Good and the Bad at the Start of 2015
Wednesday is for Thinking Our Nation (and a lot of Christians) Play Pretend I was reminded of this recently by commencing to re-read a dusty book from my shelf. The book was Where is History Going: A Christian Response to Secular Philosophies of History (Bethany, 1969) by John Warwick Montgomery. Actually, it would be truer … More Our Nation (and a lot of Christians) Like to Play Pretend
According to WordPress … This is how people found my BLOG last year. Thank you for all of you who referred people to the posts by sharing them on Facebook, favoriting on Twitter, searched in Stumbledupon, wandered in from MyTrinity.tv, or posted on Pinterest. Keep it up in 2015 and have a great year serving … More How Did People find the BLOG in 2014?
