This Sunday I’m speaking at Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church, 1330 N. Douglas Ave, Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Phone: 847-392-4840. I will be speaking in all three morning services—8, 9:30 and 11 AM. If you are in the Chicago area, I hope you will join us for one of the services.
It’s been a while since my last shout-out. So here we go. A big Wednesday morning shout-out to Barry and Linda Beebe and to Keith and Beth McMahon of New Brunswick Bible Institute. Thank you for making us feel so welcome. And a big shout out to Mickey Aldy, Mike Ferris, Ken Pickens, Mike and Matt Thorn, Mike Maynard, …
Anthony Bollback has just posted the latest edition of China Clippings. A Chinese government official recently estimated the total number of Christians in China at an astounding 130 million. Perhaps the greatest need is for trained leaders in the local churches to disciple the estimated 7-10,000 new converts every day.
Ron Ethridge invites us to take a video tour through the cosmos to appreciate the greatness of God.
Lee Roberson died yesterday morning at the age of 97. It is a mark of the passing years that most of my readers will not recognize his name. In 1942 he became the pastor of Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Under his leadership it became one of the largest churches in America. A few years after arrivin …
I am writing this note from the Lehman Strauss cabin perched high on a hillside on the campus of New Brunswick Bible Institute, affectionately called NBBI by students and faculty. Marlene and I arrived here late Wednesday night after a day-long trip that started in Tupelo and passed through Atlanta and Boston on our way to …
Evel Knievel has become a Christian. That’s right. And when he gave his testimony on the “Hour of Power” broadcast, 400-500 people spontaneously came forward to be baptized. I first read about Evel Knievel’s conversion in this Christianity Today article. For those who are too young to remember his famous motor …
Last night Bill O’Reilly interviewed atheist Richard Dawkins, author of the current bestseller The God Delusion. Here is the video of the interview. It wasn’t a particularly illuminating debate, given that it only lasted four minutes and O’Reilly did most of the talking. As most people know, besides a good …
We have just posted a new sermon called Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Serious Call to Sexual Purity. Here’s an excerpt:Purity is worth it because the pure in heart see God. They know him deeply, personally, intimately. They have an inner peace that others do not have. They see God and know the comfort of his presence …
I confess to never having thought about the question until a friend raised it in an email recently.Was Jesus mean? The answer, obviously, is no. I think the question is meant to highlight a deeper issue. Why are some of the followers of Jesus so mean if he wasn’t? I don’t know that I can adequately answer that q …