Thoughts on Theology, Life, and More
We often recall that Jesus ascended with his last words being what we call the Great Commission. What were Jesus' first words in his public preaching and teaching ministry? The answer to that question can change the way you order your ministry and your Continue Reading
For a gardener, like myself, March is an in-between month. The dried, gray-brown stalks on the oak leaf hydrangea, left over from last autumn, stand at attention, like a proud, old war veteran in his outdated, ill-fitting military uniform. And like a Continue Reading
On the other side of the election, what can we learn? What can we expect? For the believer, our lessons and our expectations are grounded in the Word of the Lord. Our hope for our nation is grounded not in electoral victories, but in "victory in Jesus" Continue Reading
God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity...Psalms 68.6 In the course of my life, I have moved several times. Education, military, business and the ministry have led me through several places in the United States. Continue Reading
There is higher history, of kings and queens, and there is lower history, of ordinary men and women who are otherwise anonymous. They look small compared to the big players on the scene, but often they move history. Like Ruth. And like the young lady we Continue Reading
I read the following story this week: “Erasmus, the famous Renaissance scholar, once told a classic story which was designed to emphasize how important it is that we take up the torch of Christ’s ministry with great commitment. In the story, Jesus Continue Reading
This message was the second in a two part series preached at the World Missions Conference at the Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church in Lake Wylie, South Carolina on March 14th, 2010. Isaiah 49.6; Acts 13.47a Introduction to the Reading I bring Continue Reading
A World Missions Sermon for Twin Oaks Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri, February 28, 2010 It is my joy and honor to be with you today. I bring greetings from Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte and from our entire cluster of seminaries. We Continue Reading
Christ will win. A new heavens and a new earth is on its way. The resurrection of Jesus Christ has inaugurated a glorious rule and reign that will end with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the judgment, the acquittal of the elect and Christ making all Continue Reading
The Lord of the Monsoon: As the Tide of World Attention Shifts to the Indian Ocean so Must the Mission of the Church
The smoke of ten thousand camp fires rise from primitive villages and green jungles mingles with the heat and gasoline fumes from snarled traffic in innumerable, economically booming and yet humanity-crippled urban mega-centers, while locusts and flies Continue Reading