I was a baby believer in Christ when the power of these words first impressed themselves on my spirit. It must have been around 1976. There was a rumor going around, against the fraternity I was a part of, and some of the brothers were laughing about it. These were serious allegations and I thought … More A “Mic-drop” Moment
This is not a well titled post. Because the reality is that “LOVE and TRUTH” are the same in every historical moment in time. Nevertheless, our historical moment needs to rediscover that love and truth travel together in a Person (Jesus) and to deviate from that Person, that standard, is destructive to both love and … More Love and Truth in This Historical Moment
Saturday Afternoon Musings John 8:31–36 (ESV) 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. … More How Does the Truth Set Us Free?
Sometimes, God has to use a 2×4 to get our attention. Read Psalm 80 and 102 Psalm 102 is a personal lament prayer of one who is afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord. It captures some of the emotion that many of us are feeling during this time … More Friday, Day 6, A Lament from a Spiritual Desert
[Revised] Sixty two years ago. (65 now) Before the Space program. Before President Kennedy was elected. Before air travel was common place. (That’s back!) Before TV had more than three stations. J.I. Packer was writing about the importance of Biblical Authority and the doctrine of inerrancy. He was right then and he is more right … More The Authority of Scripture — In Every Generation, It will be Attacked
Thought Experiement The Year: Late September 2018 The Situation: President Hillary Clinton, has already replaced disceased Supreme Court Justice Scalia with Merrick Garland. That appointment has shifted the balance of the court from a 5-4 conservative majority to a 5-4 liberal majority. When Justic Kennedy retires, the nation knows that the … More A Thought Experiment in Alternate Reality
This from John Nolte’s review of the new movie, A Wrinkle in Time: “Moreover, to remove Christianity from the movie, most especially when it is so integral to the original story, is not an act of inclusiveness, but rather another bigoted and hostile act from an increasingly provincial and small-minded entertainment industry.” That sentence, which ends the … More Quotes Not to Miss
For the past five days, I have been meditating on this haunting text in Jeremiah 4. Three days ago I took a 16-mile ride with verses 1 and 2 echoing through my spirit as I rolled by farmers bringing in their soybeans and corn. Honestly, it was hard to get away from the first two … More When Repentance Isn’t Repentance
Thursday is for Preaching The language is from another time. The spelling is from another place. The truth behind the quote is trans-cultural and timeless. “A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul. And he that doth not feed on and thrive in the digestion of the … More Preparing to Preach Easter
Way back in August I wrote an article on Bible Abuse by Pastors. The post was picked up on Facebook and favorably commented on there but not so much on the BLOG itself. Recently, a visitor to the BLOG gave me a “tsk, tsk, tsk” (“Marty, Marty, Marty” actually) for calling out a fellow pastor’s … More Bible Abuse by Pastors
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