Growing Spiritually During Holy Week
Do you observe Holy Week? One third of Jesus’ teaching focus on this week. One third of his works took place during this week.…
Lausanne III Cape Town 2010
The ESV Study Bible and The Book of Eli
Let me warn you at the outset, THE BOOK OF ELI is an R rated film. It is raw. It is violent. It has…
Creation, Fall, Redemption and Sea World
In our November visit to Sea World, my daughter left with a stuffed Shamu (that’s the collective show name for the giant killer whales…
Why Missions?
This weekend we had our church’s foreign missions banquet. We call it “world outreach” these days. But whatever we call it, it is important…
Lisbon and Haiti, God and Earthquakes, Part 1
As Haiti’s mass graves swell, the Haitian government estimates that the death toll will reach 200,000. If that proves to be true, it will…
Lisbon and Haiti, God and Earthquakes, Part 2
In response to the earthquake in Haiti, quite a number of people have seemed to settle for keeping God out of the explanation. “There…
Helping in Haiti: Responding in the Aftermath of the Earthquake
There is much I do not know about Haiti. My knowledge of that country is small. I know that it is a country wracked…
Avatar: A Visually Stunning and Expensive Tract For Paganism
Expensive? Yes. The New York Times pegs the price tag at around $500 million, which makes it the most expensive movie ever produced. As…
Blessings in the Decade From Hell (2000-2009)
What would you call the years from 2000-2009? TIME MAGAZINE wrestled with a number of possible titles—“the Lost Decade,” “the Decade of Reckoning,” “The…
The Four Days of Christmas: How One Pastor Copes With the Rush of Christmas
Last night it started. We call it The Four Days of Christmas. Four—not twelve? I know it sounds odd. Hear me out. One of…