Per Isaiah 55:11, if you join this project led by Timmy Brister, you can count on it changing your life. (See here). Seriously. Why not? As I’ve explained elsewhere, it’s the best approach to emotional healing. Lots more to read…
Casting Crowns – I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Charles Dickens was right; we are dead: to begin with.
We are dead: to begin with. Ephesians 2:1-3 leaves no doubt. So, we turn to the inimitable Dickens in A Christmas Carol and this story that is a song that resonates with our souls. Marley was dead: to begin with. …
You’ve seen this. Watch it once more to enjoy Christmas.
David Phelps: O Holy Night
HT: Kevin DeYoung
Do you have to work tonight? Are you doing chores on Christmas Eve?
If you’re on the schedule to be doing working this Christmas Eve, I can relate. In my growing up corner of Iowa, barely out of Missouri, and a half hour west of the Mississippi, we did farm work, what farmers…
Interview of Billy Graham
After watching this interview, I am challenged to spend my day differently tomorrow in anticipation of our Christmas Eve services and Sunday. HT: Trevin Wax
As the author of a book on forgiveness, I can’t condone this. Still . . .
A father’s role in determining whether or not children attend church as adults
Justin Taylor summarizes important data regarding a father’s role in modeling church attendance. Quoting Robbie Low: In short, if a father does not go to church, no matter how faithful his wife’s devotions, only one child in 50 will become…
Moody my servant is dead
Today (December 22) is the day in 1899 when D.L. Moody died. Below I link to a post that Fred Sanders has written that shares the challenge that Torrey gave at Moody’s funeral. Growing up in Iowa we often heard…