Today I am in Madison, WI speaking at a Pastors Summit for the Family Research Institute of Wisconsin. I was asked to tell the story of the “God Speaks Today” sermon series in September 2004 that led to our church being picketed one Sunday by three different Gay Rights groups. The following links are provided primarily for …
A few days ago I announced the formation of Keep Believing Ministries (KBM). Over the weekend we obtained a mailing address and opened a bank account.The new address is:Keep Believing Ministries
P.O. Box 257
Elmhurst, IL 60126The effect of this is that KBM is now immediately in a position to receive tax deductible donation …
Dr. Darrell Bock, a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary and author of Breaking the Da Vinci Code, will participate in a televised debate on the Da Vinci Code tonight at 6 PM CDT. The debate is being sponsored by Chosen People MInistries and will take place in New York City. You can watch it live online by clicking on T …
Today we attended a very fine church in Tupelo with beautiful music, a fine message, and a moving tribute to the mothers who were present. I happened to notice the following announcement in the bulletin: “Churchwide Blood Drive, Sunday, May 28th. New ’Elvis Coming Home’ T-Shirts for participants.” You can’ …
This afternoon I saw United 93 with Marlene and Nick. She said it was an early Mother’s Day present since Nick left to go back to Birmingham this evening. We went to the 1:20 PM showing and there were perhaps 15 people in a 400-seat theater.The movie begins with no preamble, no narration, no words on the screen to set …
A big Saturday shout out to Bob and Cathy Cosby in Logansport, IN, Jim and Robin Hibschman, Ron and Lillian Gabel, Jeff and Claudia Eaton in River Forest, IL, Chris Koepke of Here’s Life Inner City, New York, Eric Garland of WOLBI, Linda Pietrzak of Arlington Heights, IL, David Merriman in San Antonio, TX, Joyce White …
1) Thought for the day: When God called Abram in Ur of the Chaldees, he promised to make him into a great nation and to bless the whole world through him. Of course Abram was a prosperous, middle-aged businessman with a large personal fortune. He and his wife Sarai had no children, and they had no prospects for having child …
We drove all the way back from Chicago to our cabin in the woods in exactly 12 hours. Leaving Oak Park at 6:30 AM, we zipped down I-57, stopping for lunch at Lambert’s Cafe in Sikeston, MO, home of “throwed rolls”. Several years ago the Food Network voted Lambert’s one of the top ten home cooking restaurants in …
Shirley Rose has just published The Eve Factor. Subtitled “Resisting and Overcoming Temptation,” the book includes chapters on unhealthy comparison, fear, worry, strife, complacency, and there is even a chapter on overactivity. Lynette Hoy and Ted Griffin have just published the second edition of What’s Good About Ang …
Tonight Marlene and I attended the inaugural meeting of Keep Believing Ministries (KBM). Eight years ago I began to write in my journal a dream for starting this ministry. Many times since then I thought about it and prayed about it and once or twice almost got it started. Several months ago we concluded that the time had f …