10:50 PM Word of Life Florida—Day 3 We’ve had excellent weather this week—clear, mostly sunny, with some strong winds this afternoon. Temps in the low 70s. That’s a far cry from the snow and sub-freezing temps back in Oak Park. After lunch I borrowed Bill Price’s bike and rode 27 miles on the Suncoast Trail. Dur…
11:10 PM Word of Life Florida—Day 2 This morning Woodrow Kroll of Back to the Bible preached on the reliability of God. “You can trust God because his character never changes.” He reminded us that because God never lies, everything his Word says must be true. We ate lunch with Lou and Thelma Nicholes who have been…
9:29 PM One nice Calvary connection. After the service tonight, Bill Price came up to say hello. He and his wife live in Columbus, Ohio, and attend the Grace Brethren Church where Andrew Irvin grew up. There were at ten people at the service tonight from that church, and they all knew Andrew. One man said his son and Andrew…
William Kelly’s Advice to Budding Preachers by Ray Pritchard Recently a publisher in England sent me a brand-new book called The Irish Saint and Scholar: A Biography of William Kelly by Edwin Cross. I know next to nothing about William Kelly except that he was one of the influential early leaders of the Brethren moveme…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200511:13 PM Here are three new entries on the Crosswalk weblog: The End of a Good Day Self-Evident Truths More Self-Evident Truths 8:47 PM Betsy Kauffman sent a nice note about two Chinese friends she and her husband have been meeting with for the last two years through our International Friends ministry. Though the Chinese fr…
11:32 AM Pastor Davis Duggins reports that we now have 10 volunteers for the “Label Party” next Thursday night. We need at least ten more people to complete the project. Scroll down to Wednesday’s weblog entry for complete details about the “Label Party” and then call or email Pastor Davis to let him know you’ll be …
11:07 AM We need about 15 more volunteers for the “Label Party” next Thursday night. See the note in yesterday’s weblog entry for details. 11:06 AM The following sermon has just been added to the webiste: When Christians Disagree…
12:01 PM Anchor Label Party We’re looking for 20 people who are willing to risk a little monotony for a great cause. The place is the Calvary Dining Room. The time is Thursday, March 3, from 7-9 p.m. The purpose is to put new address labels on the back page of the “Anchor for the Soul” books. The old email an…
9:12 PM Josh has posted some new pictures of his recent trip to India and Thailand. 1:58 PM Calling all men to First Watch this Thursday morning. If you want to be part of the “Calvary 500,” come to First Watch. We start serving breakfast at 5:55 AM. Here’s a review quiz from last week. Fill in the blanks with the missi…
10:43 PM Here are three new entries on the Crosswalk weblog: Creation-Evolution Teaching Statement The Upper Room Service, One Year Later My February Sunburn 2:24 PM Speaking of blogs, if you would like sample some Christian weblogs, here are several excellent sources: Blogdom of God, a continually-updated listing of the la…