Ask someone to describe Jesus in one word and you may get responses like: Merciful Loving Compassionate Righteous Kind Caring Okay, you get the picture. Our overall perception of Jesus is that of a ‘nice’ guy. A man everyone wants to like. But that’s not the picture that I get when I read the Gospel … Continue reading
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Preaching the Word Without Quenching the Spirit
It has often been quipped that preachers are the biggest plagiarists in the world. I even heard of one church, during a remodeling project, jokingly suggesting changing the nameplate on the minister’s study to one that said ‘Copy Room.’ Recently one of my former Bible college professors posted a poll question on Facebook that asked … Continue reading
Why Marriage Matters
Recently I read two articles (one on msn.com; the other on csmonitor.com) that examined the downward trend of marriage in our culture. One article revealed that now,barely more than 50% of adults aged 18 years or older are married (compared with 71% in 1960). The other article revealed that adults under the age of 30 … Continue reading
Lessons Learned this Year
It’s getting to that time of year where I start looking back and seeing what I have learned over the past 12 months. There have been dozens of books read and scores of sermons and lessons prepared and presented. There have been nearly 60 articles written for three different blogs, including a few that were … Continue reading
Learning to See
We got the note a couple of weeks ago. In the precise handwriting of a second-grade school teacher were the words, “Savannah is having trouble seeing. She needs to have her vision checked.” This was paper-clipped to the school nurse’s report that recommended an immediate visit to an optometrist. We called, made appointments, and last … Continue reading
Change is Constant – God is Eternal
I would hate to be the complaint department at Facebook right about now. They tweaked their networking site to handle newsfeeds, emails, and other minor things differently and the complaints started popping up on statuses everywhere. The emotions seemed to range from minor irritation to “I’m leaving facebook forever!” I couldn’t help but chuckle at … Continue reading
A Prayer for My Country
Oh Lord, how did we end up here? As I look around I see people who are hurting, angry, scared and indifferent. Pundits proclaim they have the answers. ‘More education! More money! More Government! Less Government! Less taxes! Less God!’ It’s enough to make my head spin. I hardly know where to turn, so I … Continue reading
Earthquakes, Cancer, Hurricanes and other Signs of the Apocalypse
It has been an interesting week to say the least. On Tuesday, Virginia had it’s largest earthquake in over a century. It was felt from New York to the Carolinas. Fortunately, except for those close to the epicenter, the damage was minimal, but it definitely got the attention of everyone on the east coast who … Continue reading
Letter from Camp
I have had a blast serving multiple weeks of camp this summer. If I were a kid and had to write a letter home that described some of the things I have seen, it might have looked something like this: Dear Mom and Dad, Camp has been fun so far and I just couldn’t wait … Continue reading
The Reluctant Servant
A week of opposites. That is what last week was to me. We had breakfast at dinner-time and dinner at breakfast time. We ate desserts first and main course after. We walked in lines backwards and turned the daily schedule on it’s head. Why? To illustrate that Jesus wants us to live ‘backwards’ and ‘upside-down’ … Continue reading
The Pondering Preacher 