Today, November 2nd, is one of the more obscure days in our contemporary calendar. Of course, we are all familiar with Halloween, or All Hallow’s Eve, as it is sometimes called and many of us are also familiar with November…
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For more than fifteen years, since I finished my Masters of Divinity (MDiv.) degree prior to beginning my doctoral work, I have been concerned about losing the Greek that I had studied for three years in school. I also took…
There are a number of words that have complex definitions and people end up arguing about which one is the correct one. But in truth, many words do have several legitimate definitions. When I was in seminary, Dr. Branine, the…
For the past fifty years that Janet and I have been married, our number one nuisance has been damage from water in our homes. So Janet knew something was wrong when I ran upstairs yesterday morning and let her know…
Grace is one of those words that we banter about yet there are a number of definitions that sometimes don’t all seem to line up. When I was in seminary, Dr. Branine taught us a very simple definition of grace…
One of the questions that I often get asked is why did God give us the Law of the Old Testament and then change everything with Jesus in the New Testament? Each time I teach Galatians, as I am doing…
This summer, I have been thinking about changes that have occurred during the different seasons of my life. Of course, I have also been present for the changes in the lives of the kids and Janet has gone through her…
A number of years ago, Janet and I had our wills done, along with instructions for doctors in the event that life or death decisions had to be made. We also started to thing about specific assets and how they…
It’s October 5th, 2023 and it was 99 years ago today that my maternal grandparents had their one and only child – a girl, who eventually grew up and became my mother. My grandfather was in the legal profession in…
The five members of our Christian Mafia – that’s Janet, our three kids and I – met yesterday morning for a few hours together over coffee. None of us could remember the last time that the five of us –…