It's been a crazy few weeks with much time spent in a trauma ICU, but I'm planning to return to my regular number of postings next week. Until then, here are a few items from the internet this week that are worth your time. Should Christians Defend Themselves I wrote on this topic several weeks ago as …
Continue reading Self-Defense, Secular Campuses, & the Wisdom of Job (Nov 11, 2016)
SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or …
SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, …
SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (Matthew 6:7-8) Pray then like this: “Our …
Below are a few items from the internet this week that are worth your time. If Donald Trump Has Done Anything, He Has Snuffed Out the Religious Right As a 26-year-old evangelical pastor, I completely agree: The 30-year-old evangelical pastor down the street from you would rather die than hand over his church directory to a politician …
Continue reading Trump, Heresy, & Sunday Morning (Oct. 14, 2016)
Giving to the poor is a staple of Christianity and most other religions. Typically, we consider giving alms to be an inherently righteous and holy act, so when Jesus warned that there was a wrong way to give to the needy, most people likely hadn't even considered that was possible. How can giving ever be …
SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 6:1) Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the …
Below are a few items from the past week worth reading. ESV Reader's Bible, Six-Volume Set I love the concept of a Bible designed entirely for reading. The Westminster Bookstore also has a sale on this set throughout October. An Apology to Christian Millennials I am sorry that we made the church to be all about you …
Continue reading Oct. 7, 2016 (Reader’s Bible, Internet Usage, & Sabotaging Sermons)
Preaching through the Sermon on the Mount is providing great material for blog posts because Jesus raises far too many topics and issues to cover from the pulpit in the 16 weeks I have planned for the series. Last week, I attempted to expound upon remarriage since questions of remarriage are raised from Jesus' discussion of divorce. …
It's officially October, which means that 2016 is circling the drain. Time to start thinking about 2017. Why plan for the next year in October? Let's be honest. The Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year season is not very conducive for realistically planning the coming year. The holidays are a blur of busyness, and January ends up catching us …
