7:04 PM Can you name the top ten hymns of all time? Hint: “Blessed Assurance” is # 2 and “Just as I am” is # 5. 7:00 PM Steve Boisse makes a sobering point: Without giving too much power to TV, I think we have new evidence that our moral thermometer is going downhill here in America. Evidence: TV titles over the las…
9:16 AM After the first service this morning, I met a man who said he had been painting his house this weekend. He did it to save the $1600 it would cost to have it done professionally. He plans to give the money he saved to the Legacy Campaign. God bless that man, and may God reward his creativity by making that paint job …
MOVING THE ELEPHANT by Ray Pritchard Recently I had breakfast with a friend who told me that working in the church is like “moving the elephant.” He explained that moving an elephant can be quite difficult, especially if the elephant doesn’t want to be moved. You can get in front and pull on the trunk or you can s…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200310:47 PM Tonight Marlene and I did something unusual for us: We went to see a movie. I don’t think we actually go to a movie theater more than once a year (although that may change a bit now that we are nearly empty-nesters). We saw the movie “Matchstick Men” at the Lake Theater in Oak Park. The movie has received rave …
9:56 PM Ryan is an inmate in a county jail in MN who received a copy of “An Anchor for the Soul.” He writes that he is in jail for the second time. “The first time I was here I told myself, I will never do anything to come back to such an undesirable place. This time I realize I need help. Now I am accepting Jesus Chr…
6:32 PM Several days ago we received a request for 1000 copies of “An Anchor for the Soul” to be given to those who complete the Sailors for Christ course at the Great Lakes Naval Station. Today a request came in for 150 copies for a women’s prison in Massachusetts. Here’s an excerpt from someone in the District of Colu…
4:23 PM Wise words from Al Mohler on “The Secular Hatred of the Ten Commandments.” Here’s an excerpt:The hostility to the Ten Commandments turns out to be far more basic than the question of their public display. The Ten Commandments do serve as a potent reminder that we are not our own, but are created to serve the liv…
9:32 PM Reformation and Revival Ministries and the Billy Graham Center are co-sponsoring Reformation 2003 on “Evangelism, The Church’s Mission in the New Century.” Speakers include Becky Pippert, Crawford Lorritts, John Armstrong and Steve Brown. The conference will be held at the Billy Graham Center on the campus of Wh…
WHY THE WORLD HATES “CHRISTERS” by Ray Pritchard William F. Buckley has just published a column with the provocative title, “Bush is Evil.” It begins this way: “In a private forum the question arose, Why do they hate Bush so? And what will they do with that hatred? How far can they carry it? How…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20037:09 AM We arrived in Lafayette about 4:30 PM yesterday, checked into our motel, and then went to the church to set up a book table. Faith Baptist Church is a large complex built on 15-20 acres. They have a large Christian school with attached ball fields and lots of on-site parking. Sort of the opposite of Calvary. It’…