Tomorrow I am speaking at the First Baptist Church of Tupelo in both the morning and evening services. Service times are 8:30 and 11 AM and 6 PM. The church meets at 300 N. Church Street in downtown Tupelo. I spoke there a number of times in 2006 and 2007, and I’ve been speaking lately at the Wednesday prayer service. We have many friends at …
We need your prayers!Since February we’ve been sending out a weekly Keep Believing prayer update by email. It’s about one page long and contains some personal updates on the ministry, news about our travels and current projects, and some special prayer needs. If you would like to be part of the KBM Prayer Team and receive the weekl…
I’m on the radio this morning from 10 AM-12 Noon Central Time on American Family Radio. Here’s the lineup for today:10 AM Mike Calhoun of Word of Life talking about the Quiet Time Connect10:15 AM Dennis Swanberg, America’s “Minister of Encouragement”11 AM Trivia Time with J. J. Jasper and Steve Chapman Okay, here’s a sp…
The news from Nevada is not good. Republican Senator admitted yesterday to having an affair with a female campaign staffer. According to this Wikipedia article, he is a member of a Foursquare church in Las Vegas. He is a born again Christian, and he was active in the Promise Keepers movement. He made a public confession and asked for forgiveness. T…
A friend from Tennessee sent a message saying that she and her husband are going to be in Chicago for a conference later this month, and could I give them a few recommendations on places to see, things to do, and favorite Chicago restaurants?Happy to oblige. The only I should add is that my friends will be staying downtown and will only be in…
I’ll be on the radio for two hours today.11 AM-12 Noon (Central Time). We’ll be discussing the Ten Commandments and what they mean for today. Can you name all ten of the commandments. If not, check out Exodus 20. Are these ancient laws (given 3500 years ag) still relevant today? Tune in to listen to our discussion.1 PM-2 PM (Central Tim…
During our Caribbean cruise last week I finished reading through the Bible. When we left San Juan, I had some reading left to do in Romans and Matthew. By the end I had finished them both, thus reaching my goal of reading through the Bible in 2009. I have since started reading it through again, this time beginning with Ezekiel, a book I found both …
Last Wednesday Jamie Mitchell, pastor of NewSong Fellowship Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was asked to give the opening prayer at the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Usually these prayers are so bland as to be utterly forgettable. Jamie’s prayer was definitely not bland. By way of full disclosure, I should add that Jamie is …
An old man and an old woman, childless for decades, are promised by God that someday they would have a baby. Abraham responds with total honesty. He laughs out loud at the Almighty. When Sarah hears the news,she laughs, too. How could such a thing happen? Twenty-five long years pass while they wait for God to keep his promise. Now he is 99 and she …
It’s hard to believe, but we’re almost halfway through 2009. What will the rest of this year bring? Will the economy turn around? What will happen in the Middle East? And what will happen to us personally? No one knows but God. It happened not long after I returned from Belize in 1992. While rummaging through an accumulated mountain of …