1:01 PM We leave for China in ten days.1:00 PM Check out the button to the left that says Don’t Click Here.11:04 AM While surfing the Internet, I found a weblog called A Day in the Life of Three Bassets.
Around noon today I was interviewed by USA Radio regarding the coal mining tragedy in West Virginia. The interviewer wanted to know what I would say if the family members of one of the twelve men who died asked me, “Why did this happen?” My answer would have to be, I don’t know. The Bible offers many perspectives on t …
11:45 AM “It does not matter whether or not people understand us or think we are even sane as long as we are true to God. Obedience to him is the important thing.” Theodore Epp9:12 AM One of our favorite Christmas cards came from some friends in Oak Park who sent us a card featuring traditional Chinese paper cutting. Each c …
5:03 PM “It is a great thing to be on the mount with God, and the mountains are meant for inspiration and meditation; but one is taken there only to go down afterwards among the demon-possessed and lift them up.” Oswald Chambers5:03 PM 28 miles.10:22 AM Cal Thomas has a helpful analysis of the Dover decision rejecting Intel …
As we look ahead to the year that stretches before, here are four truths that ought to encourage us in 2006:1. God is already there because he is the God who goes before his people.
2. God promises to be with you no matter what happens to you this year.
3. If you know the Lord, the worst thing that can happen is that you wi …
12:44 PM Each year Steve and Amy Tanner rate the Christmas decorations on State Street in Chicago. They have just posted the winners of the State Street Showdown.
12:44 PM Each year Steve and Amy Tanner rate the Christmas decorations on State Street in Chicago. They have just posted the winners of the State Street Showdown …
Almost ten years ago I attended my first Christian booksellers convention at the invitation of Moody Press. One night they had a banquet for all their authors in attendance. I ended up sitting next to man named John Armstrong.
Crossway Books has just released my latest, brand-new book called Credo: Believing in Something to Die For.
I wrote this book in order to introduce a new generation to the Apostles’ Creed, the oldest statement of faith outside the New Testament. The publisher designed the cover and the layout to attract Gen X readers …
4:00 PM This will my final entry on the Pastor Ray page of the Calvary website. I want to begin by thanking Randy Birkey, our webmaster, and the excellent team at Birkey.com for building our Internet presence from the very beginning. I’m trying to remember when we got started. I’m not sure but I think it was 1996 when we la…
On my first day at Calvary 16 years ago, I was given a very special privilege. George Ahlenius entrusted me with a master key that would open every door in the church. If I recall correctly, Paul Lavenau had to talk him into it because George didn’t like to part with master keys. He was right to be careful about it because …
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2005