I originally wrote this column in February 2007 and in the process of doing some research came across it this week. The message is timeless. Recently I spent time with someone involved in ministry to students. Occasionally he is faced with difficult disciplinary decisions when the young people break the rules of the group. “I’ve dealt w…
On this National Day of Prayer we need to remind ourselves that God works through history to accomplish his purposes. During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln often drew on his faith in God sometimes to comfort, sometimes to challenge his countrymen. During the early days of the war, at a moment when there was no news from the front and many feared the…
I’ll be on the radio twice today . . . 10 AM-12 Noon (CDT) American Family Radio. To listen, go to AFR Online and click on “AFR Talk.” In the first hour we’ll talk with Terry James about “Is the United States in Bible prophecy?” In the second hour David Aikman brings us up to date on the church in China, Ir…
Did you know that America has a “National Hymn”? Most people don’t know that, but we do, and I’m not speaking about the National Anthem. I’m talking about the hymn God of Our Fathers. We don’t hear it or sing it very often nowadays, and that’s a pity because in many ways, it is an ideal marriage of tune and …
Starting this week we are posting a brand-new podcast series called “The Healing Power of Forgiveness.” These messages became the basis for my book by the same title. I preached this series at Word of Life Campground in New York in July 2003. This week’s podcast is called Healing the Hurt We Never Deserved.In later weeks we’…
If you would like something to make you smile, check out this video. I found it on Randy Alcorn’s weblog….
Much has been written about Notre Dame inviting President Obama to be the speaker for its upcoming commencement service, at which time the university will award the president an honorary degree in recognition of his various accomplishments. John Armstrong weighed in today with a fine statement about the whole controversy. He notes that Obama is the…
Before the week gets too far gone, I want to say thank you to Randy Faulkner and the congregation of Metropolitan Baptist Church for their hospitality during my whirlwind visit over the weekend. I use the word advisedly because I more or less blew in (along with the rain that came on Saturday), preached four times on Sunday, and then flew home yest…
Tonight I’m in Oklahoma City preparing for a one-day Bible conference tomorrow at Metropolitan Baptist Church. Several years ago I shared the platform at Word of Life with Randy Faulkner, pastor of the church. We struck up a friendship and have stayed in touch ever since. I’m very glad it worked out for me to be here this weekend. …
This morning I’ll be on American Family Radio from 10 AM-12 Noon CDT. In the first hour Kerby Anderson joins us to discuss “A Biblical View of Capitalism and Socialism.” During the second hour we’ll have a trivia contest. When I asked the producer about it yesterday, Cindy was a little vague on the details. So as my co-host …