This morning while reading Deuteronomy 17, I came across a paragraph about how to deal with idolators in the midst of the people of God. Because God ordered that they must be stoned to death (v. 5), he also ordered a key safeguard put in place:On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to deat…
“Bob Leland said you would know what to do with this."With those few words, the young man handed me the piece of paper and walked away. He gave it to me just before the start of one of the services at New Brunswick Bible Institute. Looking at the paper, I saw that it was folded and stapled, with “Pastor Ray Pritchard” writte…
This morning Marlene and I are flying to Reno, Nevada for the Spring Bible Conference at Sierra Bible Church. This is our fourth time to visit this fine congregation. It all started almost ten years ago when I spoke for the Dallas Seminary Week at Mt. Hermon Bible Conference in California. Someone from the church in Reno heard me and invited me to …
This morning when I cleaned off my desk I found a piece of lined yellow paper on which I had scribbled some notes. It appears to be a page of notes for a talk I gave somewhere, but in looking at it I can’t recall the occasion. I did notice that halfway down the page, I jotted down a prayer that I vaguely remember having seen somewhere:”…
Over the weekend we released our free ebook version of “He’s God and We’re Not”. You can download the ebook in Kindle format, Nook format, or in PDF format.Please note that the free version is only available at the KBM website. If you go to the Kindle store or the Nook store, you’ll have to pay for it. But we believe s…
In the closet next to our guest bedroom there are two boxes stacked on top of each other. One box is filled with what appears to be a knitting project of some kind. I say “appears to be” because I’ve never actually checked to see if there might be anything else underneath the knitting. The other box contains a vast assortment of l…
Recently I received an email with some encouraging stories of how God is using An Anchor for the Soul in the US and in China. Here is part of the email, with a few identifying details changed: We haven’t met but I have been blessed by your teaching and have given your book, Anchor for the Soul, to several people, including our mail carr…
We’re looking for sermon tapes from Northeast Bible Church, Garland, Texas, from 1983-1988. Those were the years I served as pastor of that congregation.Back then cassette tapes were pretty exciting because no one had heard of the Internet, the iPhone, podcasting, YouTube, and all the other technological marvels that we take for granted. …
On Tuesday a group of pastors and wives met in Brunswick, Maine for a day of fellowship and encouragement. The Mid-Maine Pastors Conference sponsors a yearly get-together at a local hotel. When Pastor Mark Rockwood of Berean Baptist Church in Brunswick heard that we were going to be speaking in New Brunswick, he asked if we could stay over to speak…
In our hotel Brunswick, Maine Tonight we’re packed and ready for our trip back home. Our wakeup call is set for 3:00 AM. Pastor Mark Rockwood and his wife Paula will pick us up at 3:30. We fly from Portland to La Guardia in New York City, then to Memphis and on to Tupelo. We’ll be home in less than 24 hours. Very happy about that. It&r…