A Pilgrim's Progress

I love to read biographies. In particular, I enjoy reading about the lives of different missionaries. The reality is, however, that many b...

Tomorrow I have the privilege of speaking at a funeral. An elderly lady and saint (in the biblical sense) who battled Alzheimer's for ...

Toward the end of the book of Matthew, Jesus mentions "all nations" or "all the nations" on four different occasions: ...

For a while now I've wanted to have a time of sharing and interaction at the conclusion of our Sunday evening worship service. Last Sun...

As our church family gathered this Sunday morning, I was happy that I only heard positive responses about our reading through Matthew togeth...

"Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of scripture, to exhortation, to teaching." I Timothy 4:13 (ESV) Paul exhort...

Tourists in Haiti? I realize the Haitian locals may benefit economically, but something just seems wrong about cruise ships docking in Haiti...

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will kno...

(O.K., I admit that the graphic to the left is a bit corny, but I am excited about returning to Sunday School.) This coming Sunday I get to ...

Here is another example of the perverse fusing of "Christianity" and militarism. Why does this have to keep happening? We seem ...

As the 16 of you who read this blog may be aware, I haven't written much lately. The reason is quite simple: I haven't had anything...

I've just finished reading two good books, both of which I recommend. One is a theology book while the other is not. A. W. Tozer's ...

Since I'm currently preaching through the book of Matthew, I thought it would be interesting to put the text of the different Gospel acc...

As the initial shock of the horror in Haiti begins to wear off, the question of "Why?" will begin to come to the forefront. This...

I love to read the story of Ruth . For one thing, I can read the entire book rather easily in one sitting. More than that, the grace of Go...

Psalm 19:1, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork." This morning I met with a group of men ...

On Sunday night I decided to do something rather simple. At the conclusion of the evening sermon, I asked our church family if they had any...

This is my favorite photo that I took during our time in India. The man you see is Manooj. He is a boat driver in Varanasi . In the dista...