Several times this week I was asked if I still ride my bicycle. It’s a fair question because I don’t write about it as much as I used to. But it’s also a timely question since I’ve been mostly off my bike for the last month.In the spring of 2005 I bought a Specialized Sequoia Elite from a big bike shop in downtown Chicago. I…
Several weeks ago I finished reading Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas. My short review would be that this goes on the top shelf as the best book I’ve read this year. Two things struck me and stayed with me after I finished the book. First, Bonhoeffer saw much earlier than many others the evil that was in Adolph Hitler….
The Spring 2011 newsletter has just been posted online. In this issue we share good news about our recent one-day pastors conference in Brunswick, Maine. You can check out our travel schedule for the rest of the summer and learn how we serve as “quartermasters” for the body of Christ around the world. Plus you can learn what we’ve…
The Spanish translation of The Healing Power of Forgiveness has just been released. Here is how the publisher describes the book:Few Christians realize nearly every problem in life stems from an unwillingness to forgive someone. When we hold grudges, seek retribution, and blame others, we end up hurting our relationships with God and people&mdas…
“In the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ’coming’ he promised?” (2 Peter 3:3-4).Scoffers have always been with us.The easiest argument against a miracle is always, “Nothing like that has ever happened before, therefore nothing like that can …
It’s a quick trip this time.This morning Marlene and I are flying to Chicago for a Keep Believing board meeting. We fly in today, meet with the board tomorrow, and then fly back on Sunday. More than once we’ve driven up for a board meeting. But as much as I enjoy a long road trip, driving 625 miles on Friday and doing it again on S…
The assignment seemed simple. Find a biblical father who did it right. Sounds simple but it isn’t because the Bible doesn’t tell us everything we’d like to know. For most of the men of the Bible we’d have to say, “We don’t know whether they were good fathers or not.”But if one criteria of good fatherhood is…
Have you ever tried to pray through the alphabet?You do it by praying through a list of friends and loved ones, starting with the “A” names, then the “B” names, and on through the alphabet, taking a different letter each day. We got the idea from Peter Faulkner who used Facebook to keep us posted as he did that recently.&nbs…
“I have seen these people,” the LORD said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people” (Exodus 32:9).Stiff-necked people.That’s not a compliment. Here are some synonyms: obstinate, stubborn, willful, pig-headed. When Stephen preached in Acts 7, he called the Jewish leaders “stiff=necked, uncircumcised in h…
Here is the most obvious lesson from the Anthony Weiner debacle:Don’t do that!Simple and clear.The Bible tells us to “flee youthful lusts” (2 Timothy 2:22). If you want an example of what that means, check out what the congressman did, and then flee from that. He was stupid, sinful, foolish, arrogant, and filled with wrong de…