In 1742 Charles Wesley wrote a hymn called Arise, My Soul, Arise. Though greatly used by God in past generations, it is not often sung today, and I daresay that most under 30 have never heard it. For that matter, I can only remember singing it once or twice. I thought I would post the words to this powerful hymn to encourag …
Yesterday I recorded an interview with Bennett and Joyce Luke for their program America’s Wake-Up Call. It airs tonight at 7 PM CDT (8 PM EDT) on WCVX in Cincinnati. Click on “Listen Live” to hear the interview.
Scattershooting on a beautiful day in northeast Mississippi . . .1) Josh, Mark and Nick have started a three-brothers blog called A Thousand Words. Mark is the prophet, Nick is the humorist, and Josh is the philosopher.2) You can listen online to my sermon called “Ballistic Christianity” preached last Sunday at Pontiac Bibl …
Here are five Good Friday/Easter sermons from the series on the Apostles’ Creed. Please feel free to use these sermons in any way that may be helpful in your own sermon preparation or to prepare your own heart for Holy Week.The Man Who Killed JesusThe Day God DiedGod’s ScapegoatThe Strangest Part of the Creed: & …
Would you like a free copy of my newest book, Stealth Attack: Protecting Yourself Against Satan’s Plan to Destroy Your Life?I would like to give you a free copy if you will help us get the word out. Before I explain how you can get a copy, let me tell you about the book.Stealth Attack contains clear teaching about spi …
Here are fifteen Easter sermons. You are welcome to use this material in any way that might be helpful to you as you prepare your heart for the celebration of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead.Good News from the GraveyardEaster and the Secular Mind Christ and the Problem of DeathThe Apostle Who Would Not BelieveMa …
Here are some pictures from our visit to Pontiac (IL) Bible Church. I first met Brian Bill in May 1989 when I was a visiting preacher at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park. After I became the senior pastor, we served together on staff for three years and developed a friendship that has continued to this day. Seven-and-a-ha …
We have just posted a new sermon on Caiaphas, the high priest who plotted to kill Jesus:Caiaphas: Close But Not Close EnoughHere’s an excerpt:Caiaphas was so close to the truth. So close but not close enough. He was a religious leader who ought to have known that everything in the Old Testament pointed to Christ. His …
Yesterday the world learned that Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer has returned. What started in late 2004 as breast cancer and then went into remission, has come back, this time as cancer in the ribcage. The condition is treatable but not curable. Put simply, this means that, barring a miracle or some unforeseen accident or …
First it was the “Da Vinci Code,” then it was the “Gospel of Judas,” and now it is the “Lost Tomb of Jesus.” We seem to live in a time when skeptics and doubters and outright opponents of the Christian faith are making front-page news. There are many ways of responding to the current wave …