Every once in a while, I hear somebody say something that sounds right, but it really isn’t. I am particularly sensitive to this when it comes to Scripture and the way that people quote Bible verses. I don’t know that…
Read More
When I was in seminary, I had to take a course on angels and demons; and to have a biblical understanding of their ministry. To be sure, demons are fallen angels – those angels who chose to follow Satan and…
In case you don’t know about it, this week is palindrome week. That means that for about 10 days this month, the date can be written forward or backward and it looks the same. For example, today is 9-15-19, and…
On August 9, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon became the first president in the history of the United States to resign his position. For those of us old enough to remember, this was the result of the Watergate scandal, an…
It was on this day, August 25th, in the year 325 A.D., that the Council of Nicea concluded its meetings and came to a determination about the deity of Christ. Now I know that sounds a little crazy. Who are…
It’s the middle of August and my youngest brother’s birthday is tomorrow. Ken will turn 59 and is seven years younger than I am. Doug is between us in age and will turn 65 on November 4th of this year….
For almost twenty years, Janet and I have attended the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) that is broadcast from Willow Creek Church in South Barrington, IL and simulcast to hundreds of sites across the country. This phenomenal program generally occurs the…
This summer, our Bible study group has been working through Paul’s pastoral epistles – the three letters that were written by Paul to his young pastor friends Timothy and Titus. Other than the letter to Philemon, who was a personal…
…and back again! That was the challenge that President John Kennedy committed us to back in 1961. In the beginning of the space race with Russia, Kennedy issued an edict to deploy our resources to land men on the moon…