A Letter to Momma and Papa from December 6 1941

Today as America remembers the attack of the sudden and unproved attack of the Japanese Imperial Naval Air forces upon the Pear Harbor U.S. military installations, some families preserve more personal memories of that day. Or the day before. There was a Continue Reading

Entrusted with God’s Truth to Extend God’s Grace (2 Timothy 2:1-2)—An Inaugural Address

An inauguration is not a coronation. An inauguration is a consecration—a setting apart for the purposes of God. This service is a consecration of our institution, our vision and values, and a consecration of our very lives, with my life intertwined Continue Reading

GIVING IT UP FOR GOD: Preservation and Risk in the Kingdom of God (Luke 17:32)

There Is a rather popular phrase (no doubt of spurious origin, although that is a guess!) that has come into the American vernacular. That phrase is, "giving it up…" One may "give it up" for a comedian as he comes on the stage to give his monologue. One Continue Reading

Now and Forever: The Inseparable Love of God in Christ in Romans 8:35-39

What are the most transformative words in the world for believers? My friend, John Guest, says that the most powerful words in the world are, "God loves you."[1] I don't disagree. Yet, for many believers who are passing through the storms of life, the Continue Reading

Reading Thoughts Summer 2008

I am reading, perusing and sometimes devouring the following books in my summer pile (some of them I came across at an old book store in Connecticut, some I actually picked up new, or ordered online, and at least one of these has been lying proleptically Continue Reading