A few days ago the Vatican issued a document that has stirred up a bit of theological controversy about an argument that has been around for 2000 years—Which church is the “real” church? Admittedly, in these days of ecumenical give-and-take, this is not a Politically Correct question. We aren’t supposed to think like …
This morning I visited the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago for the first time. I traveled to the storage facility with Cliff Raad and Skip Olson. Ernie Schulz met us at Hall’s Self-Storage Facility where we rent a locker. Ernie is amazingly organized. He came with UPS shipping labels already filled out. But best of all, …
We have just posted a new sermon called Breaking Points. Here’s an excerpt:I have a friend who is going through a crisis regarding his newborn grandchildren who are having serious medical issues. He spoke of being on a roller coaster of emotions as the doctors first gave bad news, then good news, then news that is som …
A big Friday morning shout out to Ambush, Hoedown, Pickle Me Alamo, Make-A-Wish, Cubinator, Jeremy, the Chief, Night Light, and the whole crew at Gull Lake for making this such an enjoyable week. This was my fourth time to speak there—twice as part of Moody week and twice as the main speaker. Besides being a stunningly bea …
In 2001 we began providing Prison Fellowship free copies of An Anchor for the Soul for distribution in prisons across America. We started this ministry through the Book Depot at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL and it continues today through the Keep Believing Book Depot in Chicago. Over the years we have received ov …
We have just posted a new version of an old sermon called Unworthy. I first preached this message 20+ years ago when I pastored in Garland, Texas. I preached it again in my early years in Oak Park, IL. I hadn’t thought about it in years until I had a conversation with a total stranger who stopped me more or less out o …
A handful of noteworthy articles and websites:Stumbling After JesusOver 100 Foreign Missionaries Expelled by Chinese Government Secret Campaign (Here is the AP version of the story plus an update from the CT Blog plus a response from ELIC)The Amazing Human HairChildren Get Holier Than ThouSermons by David WilkersonBible Stu …
We have just made a late addition to my schedule. This Sunday (July 15) I will be speaking at the Fountain of Life Church in Lombard, IL at 10 AM. We invite our friends in the Chicago area to come to the service. Rich Raad serves as the pastor of this dynamic, growing congregation.
Each week during the Gull Lake summer conference season, a different missionary organization shares its ministry. This week the missions focus is Life International, a relatively new organization in Grand Rapids, MI, that reaches out to what they call the largest and most unreached people group in the world—the unborn. The …
8:16 PM We made it to Kalamazoo only a few minutes late. A young man named Joel picked me up. He’s a senior counselor at Gull Lake and a 2007 graduate of Wheaton College. He told me that attendance is up at the conference center this summer. Here’s one immediate and obvious difference between Gull Lake and Camp …