When you taste a ripened fig from a fig tree in the summer—it is winter as I write, so I am dreaming of summer foods, even as I sip on hot chocolate—,
“Rend the Heavens and Come Down!” My Burden to Pray for Revival in 2013—Part 2
I don't have any institutional mantra to offer for the new year. I don't have any new program or corporate vision statement that I want everyone to
“Come Apart for a While”—Vacation Greetings and a Prayer for My Colleagues
I will always think about a certain time in my life when I read this Scripture: "And he said to them, 'Come away by yourselves to a desolate place
The Image of God and the Image of Evil in the Darkened Theater in Colorado
As another day dawns after the chilling massacre at the midnight cinema killing in Colorado, new things will come to light out of that darkened
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
A Theology of God’s Love: The Blessings of Justification in Romans 5.1-11
We come to the fifth chapter of Romans and in this magnificent chapter we will take away truths that will transform life and culture and I would say