I’ll be on the radio three times this week. All three programs focus on the Christmas story. I hope you can tune in as we remember the amazing events surrounding the birth of Christ. Tuesday on “Exploring the Word” (9-10 AM Central Time): “The Angels and Christmas.” To listen online, go to this link and click on &ldquo…
He’s on His Way.That’s the title of an ad campaign by some British Christians to get the message of Christmas out to millions of people.It’s creative, and to some people at least, controversial because it pictures Jesus in Mary’s womb. Some people think this is a subtle pro-life message, which of course it is. But that&rsquo…
Last week we debuted our brand-new Keep Believing Facebook page. Now we need your help.We need you to visit our new page and click on the “Like” button. That’s all you have to do. Visit and Click. Simple and easy to do.We’re hoping for 1000 people to “Like” our page during the month of December. For each person w…
For ten years my good friend Steve Tanner has been sponsoring the 25 Days of Christmas Music. Starting on December 1, he gives away a free Christmas song each day, ending on December 25. This year’s theme is “Culinary Christmas,” which means that each song references food or drink in the lyrics. I don’t know exactly how he d…
This sermon ranges from Tiger Woods to Brit Hume to Bill O’Reilly and from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Blackhawks.
I don’t know why but I’ve run into a bunch of skunks lately. Maybe it’s the season of the year or maybe I’m just unlucky, but it seems like I’ve been riding my bike past dead skunks in the road once or twice a week. Not long ago a very much alive skunk invaded our neighborhood and left his noxious calling card.One nigh…
“The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever–do not abandon the works of your hands” (Psalm 138:8). “Your love endures forever.” This little phrase forms the foundation for the doctrine of eternal security. It is often said that those who are saved are saved forever. How do we kno…
We just received this note from Pastor Peter Wang in China. Please continue to pray for Peter and for his family and for their congregation.Dear Mentor Ray and all KBM friends,Peace and grace be with you all in JC,We are hard but thankful in this special season, and we greatly appreciated what you have done for us in Jesus Christ, we love to see yo…
The name Matthew Henry may not mean anything to many who read these words. In the New International Dictionary of the Christian Church his life is summed up on two words: Biblical Expositor.He was born in 1662, the son of a Church of England minister. During his life he pastored several churches and also wrote a number of important works. His six-v…
A friend e-mailed me with the news that his mother’s cancer surgery had been successful. He ended his message with this statement: “God is God, good, and great.” As I pondered his words I was struck at once by their simplicity and profundity. How much truth those six little words contain. They summarize an entire Christian worldv…