Lately Marlene and I have started a new adventure in daily Bible listening. That’s right. Daily Bible listening.For a long time if you wanted to listen to the Bible, you had to buy a big set of CDs or DVDs. With the advent of smartphone apps, you can now listen to the whole Bible, read alone or read dramatically with music in the background.&…
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24).Every man has a “cross” to bear. It is always “his cross,” a unique and very personal set of circumstances.Carrying that cross requires a personal decision, an initiative, an act of the will.What sort of man …
A few minutes ago I finished my final bike ride of 2011.My total for the year comes to 1625 miles, pushing my all-time miles ridden to 28449. Today I rode my usual route on the county road from Bissell Baptist Church over to the Natchez Trace. For the last two years they’ve been working on the extension that will bring Highway 6 all the way i…
As we come to the end of 2011, we are glad you are part of the Keep Believing family. It has been our pleasure to provide you with sermons, podcasts, videos, and other free biblical resources on the Keep Believing website.To put it simply, if we provide it ourselves, we give it away for free. That’s been our policy from the beginnin…
Today is December 24. This is Christmas Eve, the day before Christmas. But is this really the day before Jesus was born in Bethlehem? Each year the question comes up and each year the answer is the same: We can’t be sure. The Bible does not clearly answer this question. Evidently the first Christians didn’t make a point of celebrating t…
Here we are with Knox and Eli in their matching pajamas. It only took about ten tries to get this shot. Knox is 16 months old, Eli is 5 months old….
Marlene made this for breakfast this morning. It’s an ideal Christmas treat for the whole family. Tasty, filling, and very healthy.Mix these dry ingredients in a bowl:3 cups oats2 teaspoons baking powder2 teaspoons cinnamon1 cup brown sugar1 teaspoon saltAdd these to the dry ingredients:2 slightly beaten eggs1 cup milk2 teaspoons vanilla2 cup…
This morning I finished reading a new book that in some ways was written 70 years ago. Reading December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World is like stepping into a time machine and entering a world that long ago disappeared.This is the story of Pearl Harbor and its aftermath as told through contemporary newspaper accounts. Author…
Christopher Hitchens died last week at the age of 62 after losing his battle with esophageal cancer. Following the publication of his bestselling God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, he toured the country debating a series of religious leaders, including some well-known evangelical thinkers. In Portland, Oregon he was interviewed by …
On Thursday I wrote about an opportunity to invest in our new Keep Believing China partnership by giving $12.50 to cover the cost of one minute of broadcasting into China. A friend who saw that post sent this note:I just bought 4 more minutes of “air China” time to give as gifts…14 minutes so far.Here’s what I’m doing…