Tuesday is for Preaching Recently, I was taken to task on a critical statement I made toward politicians in general of both parties and of the president in particular. It was a friend who took me to task, and we remain friends though I remain unconvinced that my criticism of the Congress, Senate and Executive … More Sin Ruins Nations: How to Preach to a Government that has Turned its Back
Monday is for Discussion “The presence of a sinless man among universally sinful men would be as much a miracle in the moral realm as would a virgin birth in the physical realm.” —J.Oswald Sanders, The Incomparable Christ, (Moody Press, 1952), 93. “The value of the atonement is intelligible only upon the assumption that the two … More The Virgin Birth of Christ is Not an Optional Belief
Sunday Afternoon Musings This is a brilliant essay with devotional power as well as wisdom from Dr. Russell Moore on the shootings in Connecticut and how we should respond in our hearts and in public. I commend it to every Christian who wants to be a healing balm rather than a hurtful voice in the … More What to say: It is Satanic.
Weekend Links Some great videos and articles below. You will find help for your spirit, wisdom for your preaching, challenge for your thinking, and hope and direction for your present. You won’t find an endorsement from me of everything that is said. Remember to pray for the victims of the Connecticut murderer. And pray for our … More Ayn Rand no hero; Union Thugs; Dennis Miller; Divided Politics not Bad; Myth Liberals have Created;
Weekend Mourning After Connecticut Horror Yesterday in China, a man stabbed 22 children in an Elementary School. (China was hit by a spate of knife and cleaver attacks that targeted school children in 2010.) Yesterday was a new and horrific repeat of history. Today, a young man, 20, killed at least 27 people in an … More Weekend Mourning After Connecticut Horror
Friday is for Heart Songs If your team makes it to the playoffs (pick the sport, it doesn’t matter), if they succeed where others fail, if they overcome their injuries and their foibles, your joy will explode not in an explanation but in a loud and enthusiastic announcement, “We’re going to the playoffs!” That distinction … More The Power of Good News
A friend, Don Burgess (that’s him on the right), posted this on Facebook. Don is a pastor with a wonderful life story to share, a former radio correspondent with Voice of America in the Middle East, a great mind who took a risk of getting his theological training at a new and experimental seminary, and … More Recreating THE Story for a Visual Generation
Today’s post is from Kairos Journal. I have simply underscored certain comments with bold type, a few bracketed comments [ ], and added a question at the close of the article. This is an important theme that Christians need to take to heart and fight the long fight with grace and mercy. Happy thinking to … More Cross Carrying with a Joyful Heart
A wise mother’s legacy to her son. Have the best of Christmas’s this year. Remember Who (Jesus) and what it is all about (Salvation)? 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, … More Have a Blessed Christmas from a Dead but Living Black Woman
Monday Discussion Below is a depiction of the countries from which this blog has had visitors over the last 10 months. It represents men and women who want to be trained and equipped to reach their neighbors for Christ. It represents thousands of men and women who are looking for content on the internet that … More Graphic Representation of the Need for Workers
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