Back in high school, I stood head and shoulders below the academic elite. I sat comfortably in that scholastic range of mediocrity. B’s and C’s dominated on all my report cards. Unfortunately – for me – my parents didn’t buy into my defense that B’s stood for “Banner” grades while C’s for “Commendable” ones. One … [Read more…]
Back in the late winter of 2013, in the months prior to resigning from my former pastorate, my emotional state resembled a roller coaster on steroids. The up part, as with a roller coaster being pulled uphill, was slow and labored. I did everything I could to muster up sufficient emotional strength to plow through … [Read more…]
All members of the political Right and Left agree that the recent killing sprees of Patrick Crusius in El Paso, TX and Connor Betts in Dayton, OH were unconscionable, several of them calling both young men, “Monsters.” Most everyone has tagged Kermit Gosnell a “monster” because of his “house of horrors” abortion clinic and Jeffrey Epstein the same for his … [Read more…]
I have preached more than 1200 sermons over the course of my pastoral career. I have taught who knows how many Sunday School classes and Bible studies? I have counseled scores of people using the Bible as my primary therapeutic resource. Now I would like to think that everyone who has ever sat under any … [Read more…]
The Bible declares that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” But what does this look like in real life? For people who have yet to believe in the Good News (gospel) surrounding the Person of Jesus Christ, it looks one way. For people who have bought into the Good News of … [Read more…]
