May 16, 2011 Leave a Comment

“The Power of the Cross in the Preaching of the Word:” 1 Corinthians 1.17-18

  This message was prepared for the National Conference on Preaching. God did not allow me to be there due to an unforeseen illness in which He has taught me about the power of the cross personally. The leader of that conference asked if he could Continue Reading

January 1, 2011

Reaching Up! A Sermon for the New Year

It is interesting to look back. Here is my sermon from last year for the New Year. It has some chronologically specific items in it. Yet I trust that it contains the timeless truths of Scripture which will again speak to us today. I am convalescing with Continue Reading

August 11, 2010

Anne Rice, American Christianity, Weeds in My Garden and Barbara Bush

My wife and I enjoyed an early morning cup of steaming hot and freshly ground Pike Place coffee together on this late summer day. And then it happened. I walked through my garden and discovered, in spite of a valiant effort by my wife in recent days to Continue Reading

July 29, 2010

Thinking about the Cedar Falls Bible Conference, Willa Cather and Ha Erets

This summer I’m preaching at the annual Cedar Falls Bible Conference in Cedar Falls, Iowa. They hold it at a campground just like they’ve been doing since the turn of the last century. Some of the same families who were there when these hearty, godly Continue Reading

November 20, 2008

A Thanksgiving Thought

One of my favorite preachers is the 19th century Scottish preacher-boy, Robert Murray M’Cheyne, who ministered at St. Peter’s, Dundee. M’Cheyne once wrote: “Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again, you will  Continue Reading