1:37 PM Leaving for the Word of Life conference at Faith Baptist Church of Lafayette, Indiana. 11:30 AM Just spoke with Leif Jonasen who is in Northwestern Hospital where he had a stem cell transplant a week ago. He is feeling fine and everything looks good so far. We thank God and will continue to pray for him. 11:04 AM On…
1:23 PM The speech President Bush delivered at the National Cathedral on September 14, 2001 deserves to be remembered. Here’s a link to the text. An excerpt:God’s signs are not always the ones we look for. We learn in tragedy that his purposes are not always our own, yet the prayers of private suffering, whether in our home…
3:00 PM Phil Newton, pastor of South Woods Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, has just launched a new website called The Way of Faith devoted to God-centered evangelism. It’s loaded with useful material both for seekers and for those who want to share the gospel with the lost. Highly recommended. 10:16 AM Lynette Hoy sen…
11:07 AM Evidently WMBI is definitely running my taped devotionals this week because I just received this e-mail: This morning…very, very early, I turned on my radio out of habit on my ride to work. Do you know how sometimes you do things out of habit and you don’t notice you did them? Well, that happened to me. All…
9:40 PM Coming tomorrow: Steve Boisse disputes my assertions about Parky’s Hot Dogs and issues a bold gastronomic challenge. 9:38 PM Kevin McCullough’s column, “He’s God and We’re Not,” has now been published in the Illinois Leader and the Federal Observer. 9:30 PM Had a great visit with Greg Thornton of Moody Publisher…
WHEN WE STOP PLAYING GAMES by Ray Pritchard The call came from an old friend, someone I have known for over 40 years. His marriage was in serious trouble, and more importantly, he saw clearly that unless he changed from the inside out, what happened to his marriage wouldn’t really matter. His wife wasn’t the probl…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200310:45 AM Nick and John Mark Edwards are in Memphis with my brother Alan where at this moment they are at the Liberty Bowl stadium to watch the Ole Miss-Memphis football game. Nick and John Mark drove from Birmingham to Tupleo yesterday, then on to Memphis with Alan last night. They stayed at the famous Peabody Hotel, visite…
7:48 PM The two-volume biography of Martyn Lloyd-Jones by Iain Murray arrived today. I decided to buy it after listening to a lecture by Aleister Begg on “The Preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones.” Murray’s massive work (over 1000 pages) details the amazing life of a medical doctor-turned-pastor who followed G. Campbell Morg…
11:27 AM Eric Swanson has written a very insightful article that applies to churches in metropolitan areas. The needs are so vast, how will we ever make a difference? He says we need to make ten paradigm shifts, including “from building walls to building bridges,” “from measuring attendance to measuring impact,” “…
6:20 PM One other purely personal note. Got a call from the doctor an hour ago with the results of two recent tests. My PSA is in the normal range again (it had been elevated after my illness in March). And my cholesterol is 181, which he says is good. Should I have a Chicago deep-dish pizza to celebrate? Why not? After all…