This week the members of Harrisburg Baptist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi are “taking it to the streets” in an effort to serve those who need their help in tangible ways. Basically the church is setting aside 72 hours this week—Thursday, Friday and Saturday—to serve the community in a wide variety of hands-on services. I …
(This is the first in a week-long series of entries on fathers in the Bible. Some turn out to be good role models; others offer us examples of fathers who messed up badly. I offer this series as a lead-up to Father’s Day this Sunday.) The assignment seemed simple. Find a biblical father who did it right.Sounds simpl …
I’m doing a radio interview today from 3-4 PM Central Time (4-5 PM Eastern Time) on a program called Viewpoint with Chuck Crismier.
This morning in Sunday School David Langerfeld mentioned that there are too many “microwave Christians.” We want everything fast:Fast spiritual growthFast answers to prayerFast solutions to our problems But God doesn’t work on our schedule. David mentioned that Moses never got to enter the Promised Land during his lif …
A few reflections as our Alaskan cruise draws to a close . . .*In preparing for this trip, I talked with many people who had taken an Alaskan cruise. They all loved it. I couldn’t find anyone who wasn’t amazed by the experience. You can add Marlene and me to that list.*We’ve had excellent weather the whole …
We have just posted a new sermon on the website:When You Pray, Never Give UpHere’s an excerpt:Many prayers we pray shouldn’t be answered because they are so shallow. If God answered every prayer the first time we prayed, we would soon become complacent in our faith. Because God conditions his answers on our pers …
This morning we arrived in Juneau, the capital of Alaska, a little city nestled by the sea, surrounded by vast mountains. Did you know there are no roads leading to Juneau? The only way here is by air or by sea. There are three massive cruise liners docked here at the moment. The passengers have the full day to explore the …
SaWorship.com has reprinted my article Do Christians and Muslims Pray to the Same God?
Last week I mentioned that we are reprinting An Anchor for the Soul and reestablishing the Book Depot. We plan to donate the books to prison ministries, military ministries, disaster relief, and for direct missionary outreach. Yesterday I answered a big stack of prisoner letters that had accumulated over the last several mo …
Although it took us 19 hours of travel, we finally made it to our hotel room in Fairbanks, Alaska about 10:30 PM last night. We immediately noticed that the sun had not yet gone down. In fact, sunset was listed at 11:50 PM and sunrise was set for 3:18 AM. That’s less that four hours of darkness, which is a misnomer be …