Weekend Musings on Grace In mid August of last year, I wrote of a friend who had just lost a son to Leukemia. As our family deals with the loss of my mother I thought I would repost from the archive this weekend. ————————- I have some friends going through the valley of the shadow of … More Wondering about Pain and Sorrow and Grace and Eternity
Thursday is for Discipleship When the hairy-backed motorcyclist pulls up at the same red light, my wife glances and says, “Ohh, I couldn’t have married you if your back was that hairy.” Turning to my 19-year-old daughter in the back seat, I say, “Do you see from how thin a thread your existence is hung?” … More Discipleship Produces Goodness
My incredible mother ran into the arms of Jesus this afternoon at 4:30, do doubt, after being intercepted by my father, who escorted her the last few steps. Earlier today, I told her that I love all my brothers and sisters, not because they are famous, but because all of them ought to be. Each … More Mom Ran into the Arms of Jesus this Afternoon
Wednesday is for Prayer King Uzziah has died. Isaiah has been called into ministry (Is. 6:1-8). and the first vision he is given is of a time 700 years in the future, in the weeks leading up to the crucifixion of Christ. John tells us how the prophecy was fulfilled and gives us a window … More Terrifyingly Sad Words
Tuesday is for Preaching For five years before coming to Illinois to plant a church planting church, I taught preaching at a seminary in California. I left the seminary to plant a church that would plant churches and be committed to the exposition of books of the Bible. I was and am convinced that God’s … More A Plea for Preaching of the Word of God
Monday Discussion It is relatively early in the ministry of Christ, after the selection of the twelve disciples, that Jesus commissioned “seventy-two others” to go into the villages of Galilee to preach the gospel and heal the sick. These were not the close, inner associates like Peter, James, or John. Neither were they the twelve … More We Need to Expect More from Christians and the Church
[Originally a Sunday Afternoon Musings on Scripture, this short article was designed to rally the church to revival. Not a revival of tents and jumping up and down, but a revival of passion for God and holiness, and purity centered in the word of God . May God yet grant this prayer from 11 years … More A Meditation on Ezekiel 14:1-23
Weekend Musings One of the greatest books that Chuck Colson ever wrote was his 1987 Loving God. The book is a lucidly written page-turner with one chapter leading into the next with the perfect set up to entice the reader to continue. Great subject matter does that. But Colson and his co-author bring their talents … More Christianity is Different from every other Religion
Friday Musings Thomas Altizer was the vanguard of the “Death of God” movement in the 60’s. John Warwick Montgomery is the brilliant (11 earned degrees) Christian apologist and theologian who devastates his opponents with regularity in every debate I have ever read in which he was involved. This one was no exception. Altizer is nearly … More Reread the Altizer- Montgomery Debate
Friday is for Heart Songs Reflecting on Ecclesiastes 7:14 (ESV) In the day of prosperity SITUATION be joyful ACTION and In the day of adversity SITUATION consider ACTION God has … More Why Does God Hide the Future from Us?
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