A few weeks ago someone asked when we were going to post new pictures of Dudley and Gary, our beloved basset hounds. I took some pictures but never got around to putting them on the blog, and then I forgot about it until yesterday when I got some good news from Derek Taylor, our webmaster. Derek told me that in looking at the Topics list on the lef…
In response to my entry about how to deal with a sinning believer, someone asked a very good follow-up question: What do you do when your sinning friend asks why you have changed your behavior toward them? Why won’t you hang out like you used to?Why won’t you go to the ballgame with them like you used to?Why won’t you IM jokes bac…
Near the end his second letter to the Thessalonians, Paul includes this striking exhortation regarding disobedient Christians:Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed. Don’t think of them as enemies, but warn them as you would a brother or sister (2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 NLT…
Today we firmed up the dates for our next Holy Land tour—October 16-26, 2009. As soon as the brochures are printed, we will create a PDF file so you can view them online. For the moment, we hope you will circle those dates on your calendar and join us as we travel to the Land of the Bible. Check out the picture of our 2007 tour group as we sa…
Today is Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a fact you may have missed in the avalanche of news about the Wall Street bailout and the presidential campaign. Even if you went to church this morning, chances are you didn’t hear anything about Pulpit Freedom Sunday. You probably heard a sermon on a biblical text that related in some way or another to your l…
Before we left Washington, I asked Skip Olson to jot down some of his impressions. This is what he wrote:For the past several days I have been thinking about and categorizing thoughts and feelings about our two day visit to the Pentagon. The following are five reflections on my trip to the Pentagon (five seemed like the appropriate n…
Here’s a good verse from Psalm 56 on my 56th birthday: In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? …
I asked Marlene to share her thoughts about our two-day visit to the Pentagon. Here’s what she wrote:So, you ask, what was your impression of the Keep Believing Ministries trip to the Pentagon? In a word — awesome! None of us slept well on Tuesday night anticipating the meeting on Wednesday morning. We had instructions to arrive at the …
At 7 AM today I spoke to group of 100 people gathered in a conference room at the Pentagon. I would rank the experience as one of the best moments of my ministry, not because of anything I said but because of the privilege of speaking to the men and women serve in the Pentagon. When Marlene and I arrived at the Pentagon, we were met by Col. William…
Just a quick note to say that after a delay in Memphis that caused us to miss our flight in Atlanta, we arrived in Washington, DC about 4 PM. It was awe-inspiring to see the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument rise up from the horizon as we landed at Ronald Reagan National Airport. At the moment we are in our hotel right across the street …