Here’s a video montage based on Michael W. Smith’s version of “Welcome to Our World.” Love this song because it captures the wonder of the Son of God entering our world and becoming one of us. …
Did you ever wonder who sort of home Jesus grew up in?Take a good look at that picture because it’s the best answer we have. Today Israeli archeologists reported on the discovery of the first-ever “Jesus era” home found in Nazareth. “The building that we found is small and modest and it is most likely typical of the dwe…
When I heard this version of Amy Grant singing “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” I found myself wanting to sing along. And it helps that this particular Christmas carol is chock full of excellent theology. Charles Wesley penned the original lyrics. The famed evangelist George Whitefield altered the first two lines to the version we sing t…
Yesterday I spent an hour with Nancy Turner on WMBI-FM in Chicago doing a broadcast called Journey to Bethlehem. At Nancy’s request I painted some word pictures of familiar Bible stories. These short presentations are interspersed with music tied to the theme of the hour. We all felt the Holy Spirit helping us as we retold the Christmas story…
On Thursday morning from 10-11 AM CDT I’ll be doing an in-studio interview with Nancy Turner on WMBI-FM (90.1 FM) in Chicago. Nancy is the host of the program “This is the Day.” In October she served as Mistress of Ceremonies for our KBM Friendship Banquet.Since this is the Christmas season, we’ll take a “journey to Be…
Last Sunday we attended a fast-growing church in Birmingham called The Church at Brook Hills. Located at the southeastern edge of the city, the church attracts 5-6,000 attenders each Sunday in three identical services. They come in large part because of the earnest preaching of the senior pastor, Dr. David Platt. Although he is only 30 years old, h…
I have a good friend who emails me from time to time with thoughts about forgiveness. They are really just bullet points about lessons he has learned from his own personal journey. This morning he sent five thoughts. The following two really stuck in my mind:1. “If you have forgiven a person, that means that you don’t make them pay in t…
This morning Al Mohler spoke to the December graduates at Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY on the theme Start Something You Cannot Finish based on Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 3:6, “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.” I love this challenge because it reminds me that someone was here before I …
His life changed on Christmas Eve.Scot is serving time in a Michigan prison. When fellow inmate gave him a copy of “An Anchor for the Soul,” he decided to see what the book was all about since his friend had read it and like it. “After I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down.” On Christmas Eve he developed a sever…
In my time I’ve seen some beautiful displays of Christmas lights, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Richard Holdman combined 45,000 lights with 176 channels of computer control to coordinate a techno version of “Amazing Grace” with the lights. The result is astonishing….