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.
During my recent sabbatical from blog-writing, I started thinking about the hymns that mean the most to me at this point in my spiritual journey. The more I pondered it, the more I realized that certain hymns have become exceedingly precious and important to my soul. What follows is a list of my ten favorite hymns. It is no …
Last night Marlene and I saw World Trade Center, the new movie from Oliver Stone about the rescue of two New York Port Authority policemen from the rubble of the Twin Towers on 9/11. Both of us were choked up by the end. I imagine that everyone who sees the movie will relive that awful day and will think about where they we …