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
November 27, 2012 7 Comments
Advent Readings and Lightings: Pastoral Preparations for the Coming Season
I wanted to give an aid for congregations and pastors, particularly those in free church backgrounds, who want to move away from the commercialization of the season to focus on the Incarnation. That is a hard sell to be sure. But the way to do it is Continue Reading
September 3, 2012
A Prayer for the Unity of the Tribes of the Church
they said, "O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?" (Judges 21:3 ESV) Oh Father, as the tribe of Benjamin in Judges 20 and 21, turned against Thee and Thy People and the blood Continue Reading
August 14, 2012
Remembering VJ Day and a Legacy of Honor
I look into their eyes, but I cannot begin to see the depth of pain or the sense of joy. They hear us call them the "Greatest Generation," but they never asked for that label. " We did our job," they say. Just like the built a nation after it was over. Continue Reading
March 29, 2012
New Song for Easter: Free for Download—”I Glory in the Cross”
As the Lenten season now gives way to Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter Sunday, our hearts are again lifted to the glory of the cross of Jesus Christ. That which was a sign of shame became the symbol of salvation. That which was an instrument of Continue Reading
September 25, 2008
How I have Learned that Seminary Inaugurations are Still Important
Sunday’s inaugural service and Monday’s Honor the Past, Build for the Future service are now history (And we give thanks to Helen, my assistant, and to our outstanding inaugural committee)! Someone remarked recently, when he read about my Continue Reading
