“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…
Just a moment ago I ran some numbers on the KBM website, starting on March 3, 2008 (when we launched our website) through June 7, 2011. Here’s what we discovered. Since March 3, 2008 we have had . . .6,541,848 pageviews resulting from 1,763,768 visits to our website, based on954,643 unique visitors who came to us from 225 countries/territorie…
Here’s a fragment from a sermon I preached a few years ago. When I happened to run across it today, I decided to pass it along. Perhaps God will use it to awaken some who trust in their religion but not in Christ. Let me ask you, where do you stand with the Lord? Are you on the outside or the inside? Perhaps it is now clear to you that you ne…
This weekend we’re attending a Pritchard Family Reunion in Oxford, Mississippi. We did the same thing last year with a somewhat larger attendance. This year it was mostly the cousins who are now all in the 55-65 age range. We were joined by our Uncle Russ and Aunt Mary, both over 90 years old.My cousin Barbara has spent many hours (hundreds, …
During the five Wednesday nights in June I will be teaching an evening series called “Why Christianity Makes Sense” at Lifeline Fellowship in Tupelo. The church is located at 100 Parkgate Drive in Tupelo. Each session begins at 7 PM. I will introduce the topic and then we will have an open question and answer time. We’re focusing …
“Then God gave me the gift of desperation.” That’s what the man said on Friday night during the first service at America’s Keswick.I noted three facts about him: 1) He is a bit older than some of the men in the Colony of Mercy, the outreach to men with various addictions (alcohol, drugs, gambling, porn, etc) that has formed …
This morning I am traveling to Whiting, New Jersey, about an hour east of Philadelphia. I’m heading that direction for the Memorial Day Weekend conference at America’s Keswick, a beautiful and historic Bible conference center founded in 1924.America’s Keswick is unique for at least two reasons. First, it was founded to continue …
There is nothing new under the sun. So said the writer of Ecclesiastes 3000 years ago. That fact is demonstrated by the recent release of the ebook version of The Doctrine of Endless Punishment, written by noted theologian W. G. T. Shedd in 1885. In what sense is this 126-year-old book an answer to Rob Bell? Put simply, Shedd deals with virtua…
In early March I traveled to Rochester, New York to speak at a “John 17” conference for pastors sponsored by Koinonia Fellowship. In every respect it was a most remarkable occasion. We evangelicals talk a lot about what separates us. It was refreshing to see pastors from very different backgrounds talk about what unites us. Here are thr…