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“But” Nothing or Everything
July 30, 2018Words are wonderful things. Words are powerful things. Words express ideas. Words encourage the downtrodden.…
Blog, Life in the WorldThe Gospel of Forgiveness
July 2, 2018We are about to celebrate America’s 242nd year of independence. July 4th, Independence Day, reminds…
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Full-Time Ministry on a Part-Time Basis
June 21, 2018I felt called into the ministry 23 years ago. At the time I had no…
Blog, Life in the ChurchHow Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
April 19, 2018The poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning once asked, “How do I love thee?” Then she counted…
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Yours, Mine, and Ours
March 14, 2018Yours, Mine and Ours. That’s the name of a movie first released in 1968 and…
Blog, Life in the Churchre·viv·al
February 22, 2018One of the great things about studying history is that God brings to our remembrance…
Blog, Life in the WorldEvangelism and the Self-Disciplined Christian
January 10, 2018Okay, we all admit that the church isn’t doing enough to reach the lost. Sure,…
Blog, Life in the World“God Bless Us, Every One”
December 22, 2017Tiny Tim – no, not the talentless twit from the 60s who sang of tiptoeing…
Life in the ChurchA Thanksgiving Reminder
November 23, 2017[EDITOR’S NOTE: We published this article last Thanksgiving, but I thought it would be a…
Blog, Life in the WorldA Thanksgiving Resolution
November 15, 2017“Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to…
Blog, Life in the WorldThat’s Entertainment
October 23, 2017It has been said that the most influential theologians in modern America live in Hollywood.…
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“Lord, Teach Us to Pray”
September 20, 2017I love to listen to the prayers of others. I listen to how they pray…
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“Keep the Change”
July 7, 2017“Keep the change.” We’ve all said it. We’ve all offered our servers or cashiers a…
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What are you Willing to Give Up for the Sake of the Gospel?
June 20, 2017That question, so antithetical to self-centered Christianity, stands at the heart of the Gospel itself.…
Blog, Life in the ChurchTheological Life Lessons
May 31, 2017There’s something about aging. I am officially, statistically middle-aged. Over half of my life is…
BlogGod’s Glory Alone
May 24, 2017This year is the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. In honor…
