Penetrating the Darkness September 12, 2012 Talk to someone opposed to the existence of God, perhaps an agnostic or an atheist. What do you encounter? Questions. Many, many questions. But not merely questions, as if they’re sentences simply
9/11 A Greater Evil September 11, 2012 The calendar date alone haunts us because the numbers match what we dial in an emergency. Pictures of the horrific scenes draw out of our memories the fear and tears of that macabre
Fear Are We Really Supposed to Fear the Lord? September 06, 2012 Every now and then, people ask me why the Bible talks so much about fearingthe Lord. Isn't it odd to speak of serving God using a word like "fear"
The Myth of Multiculturalism September 05, 2012 Celebrate diversity! Embrace multiculturalism! These are two of the tag lines in our culture. Americans loves multiculturalism and all things diverse. Have you ever noticed this? At offices across the country Human Resource
Church Planting A Voting Question September 04, 2012 During this election season, so often we ask or are asked the question, "Who are you going to vote for?" Yet is there not a more elementary question we should be
Reading Scripture Publicly August 30, 2012 One of the most underestimated and neglected portions of Christian worship services is the reading of God's Word. In many places it has simply been set aside, replaced with other activities
D.A. Carson on Parables August 28, 2012 I recently stumbled upon a series of messages by D.A Carson that deserves your attention. Speaking with his usual scholarly insight, as well as pastoral heart, Dr. Carson masterfully unpacks a number
Plastic Bananas August 27, 2012 While preaching on the petition "Hallowed be Your name" last night by urging our congregation to pray for true conversions that would glorify the sovereign grace of God, I used the
apologetics A Post About Post-ness August 22, 2012 Are we to be congratulated for being a "post" society? The word "post" has come to take on a subtle, special significance when used as a prefix in the
Browse Worthy (8/21/2012) August 21, 2012 How about some well-written articles that remind us of the need to care for unborn children, orphaned kids, college students, and hurting wives? More Abortion Truth [http://kellyclinger.com/2012/08/11/we-cant-handle-the-truth-about-abortion/
College A Strange Grief August 20, 2012 Though I have been through it before, and it's coming was as sure as the seasons changing, I still was not able to fend off the sadness it brings. I'
Boudia The Faithfulness of a Disciple August 13, 2012 I = 10 + 30D Know what this old formula was once used for? A hint is to think of the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "faithful."
Cleaning The Crib August 11, 2012 August is a very important month in my pastoral ministry. The way our family works, summer is the time to travel, stay up late, and do things out of the ordinary. It is
Lakeside Ruminations August 09, 2012 _Since high school days I have been comingto Lake Michigan at my wife's parents' home(__where I am now writing this) __for vacations and getaways. A__s they are now
Impartiality Practicing While Preaching August 06, 2012 This past Lord's Day, I had to practice what I preached while I preached. How so? Lately I have been preaching each week on one of the eight qualities of heavenly
Computer Computer Screen Verses August 03, 2012 Pastors and elders, what about posting these verses above your computer screen to help with temptation? > Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the
Browse Worthy (8/2/2012) August 02, 2012 Creativity [http://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/08/02/our-calling-to-christ-like-creativity/] - Over at HeadHeartHand [http://headhearthand.org/]David Murray, whose eye-pleasing website displays well his and others' creativity, has been doing a series
Prayer meeting Mentor Whispers July 31, 2012 Last week retired pastor Dr. Roy Blackwood, who has been a longtime mentor to me, and his family made yet more volumes of his library available. Knowing that many of my friends had
Lord's Prayer The Subject of Your Prayers July 30, 2012 I know this may sound like one of those cheesy ads on a website sidebar, or perhaps the trite fare so often offered in evangelical circles, but I do not know how else
The Extraordinary Logic of Romans 5:9-10 July 26, 2012 If you’ve never heard of the term a_ fortiori_, you’ve almost certainly reasoned in a way that reflects its meaning. The idea behind it is basically this: “How much more then?
Allergies Allergy Prescription from the Doctor July 25, 2012 One of the great soul ailments from which we all need to be cured is self-pity. How about I offer you a doctor’s prescription for it? In his homilies on Psalm 73
Summer Musings on Youth July 20, 2012 With spatters against roof and window beckoning us, our family was drawn last evening to sit on our front porch and watch together a soaking summer storm. Nothing like the drought here in
Anne Frank Jesus' Diary July 17, 2012 A diary, if shared, can open up for us the private thoughts and world of the author. Readers can feel as if they know the person and his or her time when they
Troubles Sleeping? Let Anne Bradstreet Point You to Jesus July 14, 2012 Many people have trouble sleeping today. Medical doctors talk about three stages of insomnia: early, middle, and late onset. For some, sleeplessness is a physiological issue, for others it is a moral issue.
2 Corinthians 2 Corinthians and the Grand Purposes of God July 13, 2012 I’ve been chewing on 2 Corinthians lately, not in the slow methodical way where each sentence is carefully weighed in the balances of exegesis, but at a normal pace, like how a
