This afternoon I saw my first brown leaf.In a month or two the ground will be covered with withered, dead leaves. Today’s leaf was the first of many to come. In the Bible the withered leaf pictures both our sinfulness and our human frailty. “Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.” (Is…
This question comes from a strange incident in Exodus 4:24-26.At a lodging place on the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. So the LORD let him alone. (At that ti…
While going through a stack of mail this morning I read a letter from a prisoner in Illinois that powerfully illustrates why Keep Believing Ministries is committed to providing free copies of An Anchor for the Soul to prison ministries in the US.I am 35 years old and currently serving a 9-month sentence at Centralia Correctional Center.
The Spanish translation of The Incredible Journey of Faith has just been released. Here is how the publisher describes the book:The life of faith is a journey with God that begins the moment we trust Christ and continues until the moment we die. The title of this book suggests that living by faith is an incredible journey, and that is certainly …
The Spanish translation of Credo: Believing in Something to Die For has just been released. Here is how the publisher describes the book:The Apostles’ Creed is the most widely accepted creed of the church. Brief but powerful, it is so clear and biblical that all branches of Christendom enthusiastically embrace it. When we stand up together an…
I love this note. This is why we do what we do. …
Pictured above is a brand-new book that you can’t buy online.And you can’t order it in a bookstore.You can’t order it anywhere. Yet.You have to buy it in person at Word of Life when Harry Bollback speaks.With that said, I hope every person reading these words will find a way to buy a copy of Our Incredible Journey, the Harry and M…
Time for an update.Just before I started this two-week ministry trip, I mentioned that I would be using my iPad for both my Scripture and my sermon notes for the first time ever. I also said that I was a little nervous about it because like most preachers, I’m a creature of habit. After nearly 40 years of preaching, I have my own way of doing…
John Stott, the greatly-loved British pastor, author and evangelical leader, died earlier this week at the age of 90. In reading some of the tributes published about him, I was struck by the repeated references to his humility, a character trait that seems in short supply today. Through his more than 50 books and hundreds of sermons, and through hi…
I have preached 27 times in the last two weeks. 13 times at Cannon Beach.14 times at Word of Life.This morning my voice was pretty scratchy during the last two messages. I felt fine (more or less) but my voice was a bit worn out.I don’t mind all the preaching, in fact I enjoy it, but I confess that I’m glad I’m not preaching anywh…