Those not knowing Jesus are facing eternal damnation, and what the church wants to do is bicker about a water bottle. At least this is the case in one congregation of which I lately became aware. Recently word started to spread there that the board wanted to oust the worship leader from his role and, READ MORE
One Purifying Journey
Below is an email that my beautiful bride sent out to friends here the other day: Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. (1 Chronicles 16:34) What an incredibly “purifying journey”! First, our Dallas house has sold after close to a year on the market. God preserved enough READ MORE
A Prayer for Summer
O God, the Author of All Good, I come before You with great thanksgiving for a marvelous springtime And am filled with much anticipation regarding summer’s arrival. As your people prepare to launch into summer’s many things, Give us Your safekeeping, Your joy, Your steadfast provision of all necessary bounty, Your precious wisdom and counsel, READ MORE
A Dead Man’s Influence
While reading through the record of Israel’s assorted kings one happens upon a reference to one of Israel’s admired prophets. 2 Kings 13:20-21 offers this concise accounting of a very unusual event: So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. And READ MORE
Do Not Turn Aside
Do not turn aside after vain things. Rather simple, eh? READ MORE
Now We’re Done
Finally, yesterday evening, Christa and I bought a home here in Moorhead, Minnesota. We’ve been waiting since August 2008 to complete this transition from Dallas, Texas, to the Fargo/Moorhead area. Now we’re done. In late May we closed on the sale of our home in Dallas. As the great theologian Yoda would say, “Thankful we READ MORE