6:23 PM Thanks to Tom Gibbons for the news that the new film about Dietrich Bonhoeffer will be shown at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (312) 846-2600, September 12-25. “If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience …
6:43 AM Here’s the Legacy Campaign prayer request for today: “Praise God that one day He will wipe away every tear from our eyes (Revelation 21:4). Even so, come, Lord Jesus (Revelation 22:20).”…
7:16 PM Congratulations to the Oak Park-River Forest football team. This afternoon the Huskies defeated Elgin Larkin 27-7. 8:49 AM Confirmed this week that I will be portraying the famous evangelist Billy Sunday on Sunday, October 19 as part of the “Tale of the Tombstones” sponsored by the Historical Society of Oak Park…
9:37 PM I actually agree with the point Pat Buchanan makes about the usurpation of our liberties by the court system in America. 8:09 PM Looking ahead to Sunday, there will be special music in the traditional service by Amy Schuler (clarinet) and Jean Boerman (solo), and in the contemporary services a duet by Andrew Irvin a…
8:32 PM Marlene, Josh and I are watching the White Sox-Yankees game right now. But we’re also watching little bits of the Bears preseason game and also the Cubs-Cards game. A sports feast. After supper Josh asked if we had any more cookies like we had the other day. When Marlene said we didn’t have any more, I said, “Your…
9:31 PM Another excellent column by David Limbaugh on why Judge Roy Moore is both right and wrong. In my opinion, he correctly frames the issue when he asks, “Is the hill you want to die on?” For me, at the present time, the answer is no. He’s also quite correct when he says the problem is not an activist judiciary but …
5:52 PM Last week during our stay in Alabama, we heard a great deal about Judge Roy Moore and his refusal to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the Judicial Building in Montgomery. I hadn’t paid much attention to the controversy, but it’s the number-one story in Alabama—and now is getting considera…
8:41 PM No news on Dixie. Yesterday and today I rode my bike and found myself looking down every alley. Marlene said this AM, “I didn’t think I would miss her as much as I do.” Tomorrow we’re going to check with Animal Control in Oak Park. 8:32 PM Four wonderful services this AM. We baptized 12 people, Proclaim rocked t…
7:23 PM Received the sad news that Dixie, our miniature Schnauzer, disappeared late last night. Evidently she managed to squeeze out the front door around midnight and wandered away. The boys mounted a search of nearby streets but found nothing. This afternoon I rode my bike and looked in all the alleys but she was nowhere …
6:58 AM Congratulations to Kevin and Aimee McCullough who were married last weekend in California. And special thanks to Kevin for posting these kind words about He’s God and We’re Not on his weblog:One very important thing I beg you to consider. Buy Pastor Ray Pritchard’s brand new book – “He’s God and We’re Not”. It i…