A friend of ours at church has a lease on a ranch northwest of Dallas. We had a good time. I ‘ll let the pictures speak for themselves. I ‘ll admit here publicly, for the sake of one of my friends, that I saw parts of Texas that were beautiful.
This evening’s quotation comes from a book that came in the mail today. At every point early Christians attempted to understand their Scriptures in the new light of the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. They used the Old Testament to prove their Christian theology and to solve Christian problems. The Old Testament provided… Read More »
More Things Not to Say to Those Who are Suffering, by Ed Welch. Worth reading. The Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad has saved at least one life. Some professors are forbidding computers in the classroom. What’s the relationship between ADHD, narcissism and Twitter? Check out this graphic at Geoff Kirkland’s blog. Everyone knows where Mormons… Read More »
If you prayed for me in my recent struggle for what to preach on at TMC, thank you. I was brushing my teeth this morning when “I” “figured out” the direction that the two messages should take. I have a lot of work now, but now that the main points are clear, I can do… Read More »
John Piper explains one way that C. S. Lewis has helped him. I don’t know to whom credit is due, but I have felt this “awakening” growing for some time, and it is makes for days of blessed wonder and gratitude. Lewis gave me, and continues to give me, an intense sense of the astonishing… Read More »
Key verse: Hosea 3:1 (NIV) “The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”” Stunning prophecy: Hosea 3:4-5 (NIV) “For the… Read More »
I’m not doing as much with this blog as I have in the past, and I’m not sure what the next few (or many) months will look like. This research/writing project is taking more time than I had hoped. I had planned fixed boundaries, both on each day and for each book (of the Bible). … Read More »
A couple of friends have asked me if I’m speaking in chapel at TMC this semester. I am. I’d appreciate your prayers particularly in the next week as I try to put a couple of messages together. I’ve been thinking about it for some months, but I just can’t get my idea to “work” and… Read More »
One of our boys asked me today what my favorite verse is. For Awana, he has to ask 10 Christians this question and then write down his own. This is a tough question for me, especially now. But I gave him one of my favorites. I ‘ll quote the preceding verse for context. (And God… Read More »
Do you pray for Democrats? With the health care debate at a fever pitch, this would be a good week to do so. Some pro-life Democrats are under extreme pressure right now. From the National Review: According to Stupak, that group of twelve pro-life House Democrats — the “Stupak dozen” — has privately agreed for… Read More »