Nov 3, 2014 | Christian Living, Culture, Theology
I was once interim pastor of an inner city church that had, for various reasons, begun to decline in numbers. As church attendance dropped, month after month and year after year, the remaining congregation began to face the possibility that its days might be...
Oct 15, 2014 | Christian Living, Family, The Bible
When our son Paul was about three years old, he was given a t-shirt that had a picture of a dinosaur on the front. When we used to ask Paul what was on his shirt, he would grin and say, “Triceratops. Can you say that?” We would answer, “Well yeah,...
Oct 8, 2014 | 1 & 2 Corinthians, Christian Living, The Bible
A number of years ago, my doctor told me that my cholesterol numbers were too high, and that I should do something about it. I decided to stop eating eggs for breakfast. Eighteen months later, my doctor scared me by calling me at home one night. He said to me,...
Sep 24, 2014 | 1 & 2 Corinthians, The Bible
In 2 Corinthians Paul gives a sustained defense of his apostleship. He had received quite a number of “slaps in the face” from the Corinthian congregation, and from certain opponents in Corinth. Though Paul was the founder of the Church and had spent some...
Sep 17, 2014 | Christian Living, Family, Philippians
Years ago, the first pastorate I ever had was at a little church in a farming community south of Waco. It’s not there anymore, but I’ll never forget the wonderful experiences I had there—ministering to those people, learning from them, and being blessed by them. I...
