What are your “forgiveness questions”? Theologian Cornelius Plantinga once wrote that anyone who thinks very long about forgiveness will scare up a lot more rabbits than he can chase down. What Plantinga meant by that quote is that the area…
My Book is Living in Florida
Look closely at the books in the basket and you will see that my book has rented space in the same neighborhood as what would appear to be an NIV Study Bible (N.I.V. is an abbreviation for the Northern Iowa…
Never Another Chance Quite Like This for the Bricks
First, can you tell which one is not real? Who do you think is the best looking? I don’t share this picture only to be cute. Prayerfully walking around our church this morning, seeing how hard our church family has…
The Most Significant Study Bible of My Lifetime
I’ve told several people that I believe that the forthcoming ESV study Bible is the most significant study Bible of my 45 year sojourn on earth. See also here. Given that the years of my pilgrimage now number more than…
One way Kirk Cameron “fireproofs” his marriage is by not kissing actresses while filming movies
Quoting: In Kirk Cameron’s new movie, “Fireproof,” he has to kiss the actress playing his wife. That was a problem. Cameron will not kiss any woman who is not his wife. “I have a commitment not to kiss any other…
Bryan Chapell on Expository Preaching
Spend one minute and forty one seconds watching this clip and you should learn (or at the least be reminded of) something important about biblical preaching. HT: Bro. Matt’s Blog
The Financial Crisis: What Should Happen to Bonnie and Clyde?
Cal Thomas compares those who have take advantage of their position to reap tens of millions to the notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde: MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON’T UNDERSTAND AND CAN’T EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING ON WALL STREET AND IN…
Writing from the Land of Lincoln
In 1832, if you had asked a 23 year old Abraham Lincoln what he thought of the area that is now Stillman Valley, Lincoln probably wouldn’t have wanted to talk about it. Here on the ground that is now Stillman…
Facts About How “American Christians” Give
If you have not read: Smith, Christian, and Michael O. Emerson. Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money. New York: Oxford Univeristy Press, 2008. At least read this alarming summary. . .Here are 6 facts about…
Do You Wish You Were More Self Controlled?
Click here to see the flier for a new sermon series I begin in October.