April 9, 2012 1 Comment

I Will Not Let Go of Easter

I will not let go of Easter. More properly, I affirm that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is not something that I will celebrate and remember on one day of the year. In the Reformed faith, that is in the Protestant faith of Martin Luther and John Calvin Continue Reading

November 7, 2010 Leave a Comment

A Delayed Salvation

“who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time" (1 Peter 1:5). A friend came by the other day to talk about salvation. Those who characterize themselves as unbelievers may find this strange, but Continue Reading

July 25, 2007 Leave a Comment

Out of Our Minds

When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. Luke 8.35 NIV The story of the man of the tombs, the insane savage who existed in the graves of Continue Reading

July 21, 2007 Leave a Comment

Cramming

“But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God” (1 Samuel 30.6b ESV).   I met a doctor recently. I told him that we have so many fine physicians in our flock that if I ever had to call, “Is there a doctor in the house?” half of the Continue Reading

June 10, 2007 Leave a Comment

God Knows Your Name

The following was delivered, in Albanian, to the adolescent orphans at the Hope for the World orphanage in Tirana, Albania. I have previously posted the Albanian version, and I now offer it in English. It is my great honor to be with you this evening. My Continue Reading

June 8, 2007 Leave a Comment

PERËNDIA E DI EMRIN TËND (God Knows Your Name)

I delivered this message to teens in the Hope for the World Albanian orphanage in Tirana, Albania in late May of 2007. I sought to identify my own childhood as an orphan with theirs. And I gave this message in thier langugae. Oh that it was the language Continue Reading

May 27, 2007 Leave a Comment

Out of Our Minds

When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. Luke 8.35 NIV The story of the man of the tombs, the insane savage who existed in the graves of Continue Reading

May 10, 2007 1 Comment

Reuben Thibodaux’s Mother: Thoughts on Mother’s Day 2007

Reuben Thibodaux was a really odd duck. I lost track of Reuben in about the seventh grade. He stopped coming to school and the last I heard of him, he was pulling turnips. Reuben used to do some really weird things. For instance, Reuben rode to school on Continue Reading