This afternoon Marlene and I went to see End of the Spear, the much-discussed movie based on the story of the five missionaries who were murdered by members of the Waodani tribe in 1956. If you are an evangelical, you already know the outline of the story, and you have probably read Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth El …
4:51 PM 189 miles.7:04 AM I doing two radio interviews today that you can hear live over the Internet:11:30-12 Noon CDT: KFUO (St. Louis)
1:20-2 PM CDT: WMCA (New York)
1) Kudos to Dave Burchett for a stellar first week as the newest Crosswalk blogger. Dave is an accomplished author, an award winning sports TV director, and an extremely trenchant commentator on the issues of the day. Dave is an old friend, and I’ve always wanted to use the word “trenchant,” and now I’ve done it …
Last Tuesday I mentioned to the students at Word of Life Bible Institute that on the flight to New York, I had finished reading My Fundamentalist Education by Christine Rosen. The book recounts Rosen’s years as a student at Keswick Christian School, a large evangelical Christian school in St. Petersburg, Florida. Unli …
10:24 AM A friend just sent me an amazing Anchor for the Lord story:We have a friend, Richard, from our small group Bible study who is a bagger at Publix grocery store. He speaks to everyone he can about Christ and over a period of time became friendly with a 90+ yr. old sea captain from Norway with an atheist orientation. …
The week is just rushing along. This morning I lectured for three hours on Galatians 3-4. Every year I find the student body is a little bit different. A few years ago we had a really boisterous group that liked to talk and sing and banter with me. This year’s group seems very attentive and studious. They come in to t …
6:48 AM Yesterday a student asked if I had lived in Oak Park. When I told him yes, he said, “Did you ever eat at Mickey’s?” I laughed and told him many times. Mickey’s is a locally-famous hamburger joint on Harlem Avenue in Oak Park. I didn’t tell him that the boys liked it better than I did. (I was partia …
Quick notes from Day 1 at Word of Life Bible Institute. . . We’re off to a good start on a busy week. I’m teaching ten classes on Galatians to 325 first-year students. Then I’m speaking four other times, plus we have five other meetings. So there’s not a lot of down time. . . . It’s cold in ups …
7:45 AM Tom and Sharon Nutter recently adopted a baby (Danielle) from China. They’ve blogged about their adoption adventure.7:43 AM Pastors, be sure to check out Transforming Sermons, a weblog devoted to preaching sermons that change lives by the effective proclamation of the Word of God.7:29 AM Zion Church of Sheboy …
This morning I attended the Eggville Free Will Baptist Church. Let me say right up front that this is a true country church. You can only get there by traveling on several winding country roads. The well-kept buildings testify to the pride and sense of ownership of those who worship there. I arrived just before the service …