I am writing this note about 4:20 PM on Sunday afternoon. In about an hour Marlene and I will be drive to Parkway Baptist Church in Tupelo for the final service of the Summer Harvest Revival. Last night and this morning Pastor Paul Brashier told the congregation that I am a “writer, speaker and blogger.” He said that when h …
The following ad appeared in the Tupelo newspaper today:We start in a few hours with a hamburger supper followed by the “Pack-a-Pew” Saturday night service with a special emphasis on youth. I’ll be speaking on the topic, “Who Really Killed Jesus?”I think it’s been 25 years, at least, since I spoke at a revival m …
A big Saturday shout out to Alan, BJ, Linda, David Langerfeld, and the 33 others from the Tupelo area who are currently on a medical missions trip to Ecuador. They are serving in the mountains south of Quito, not far from the volcano that erupted several days ago. As Nick said, “It sounds like their trip is going to be a bl …
Have you seen Elvis lately? Filmaker Adam Muskiewicz is offering $3 million to anyone who finds Elvis Presley alive. He and a partner have launched the Elvis Wanted website that contains, among other things, a page called “Elvis Sightings and Leads.” When I heard about this, I remembered a story that I used as a sermon illu …
Here are some odds and ends on a hot and muggy afternoon (the only kind we have in Mississippi in August):1) We have just posted the newest sermon in the “Understanding God’s Plan (Romans 9-11)” series:God Unchanging2) Speaking of sermons, here are two that bear on the current situation in the Middle East:Seven Signs …
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today.” Chinese proverb
A friend tipped me off to a China blog called Outside In. It gives you a good sense of what’s it’s like for an American to live in China today.
I am being interviewed by Kevin McCullough on WMCA in New York City today from 1:20-2 PM CDT. We’ll be talking about Credo plus I’m sure we’ll discuss Israel and the crisis in the Middle East.
On Saturday I got a call from the pastor of Parkway Baptist Church in Tupelo. Although I have never met him in person, Paul Brashier and I exchanged emails last spring when he invited me to speak for him. We never found a date that worked until now. It happened that Parkway had scheduled revival services on August 19-20 wit …
I am being interviewed today on Prime Time America on the Moody Broadcasting Network at 4:15 PM CDT regarding the situation in the Middle East from a biblical perspective. We’ll be discussing my message Does Israel Have a Future?, which has just been added to the Pastor Resource Page on the Crosswalk website.