On Friday my son Mark and I had the unique privilege of eating lunch with Dr. Mark Bailey, president of Dallas Seminary. When he asked where we wanted to go, I suggested going to a sandwich shop. So instead of some fancy place, we ended up at Lenny’s Subs. In that most relaxed atmosphere, we laughed and talked and shared a lot of stories.When…
A few weeks before Knox was born last August, a well-meaning friend pulled me aside and said she wanted to ask an important question. “Have you and Marlene discussed what you want to be called once your grandchild is born?” She went on to say that this is an important issue because we could go by any names we liked, but once we made our …
Here’s a short video by David Powlison answering the question, “Does God get upset when we disobey?” I think he gives the right answer with the right emphasis. Very well done….
After the Keep Believing board meeting this morning, we took a trip to visit the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago. It’s actually a storage locker where we keep 100,000 copies of the new edition of An Anchor for the Soul. Ed Santiago works with Moody Publishers. He told us how glad Moody is to support the Anchor Book Project. We told him that with…
God never seems to be in a hurry in preparing an instrument. He submitted His Son to a thirty-year training, in obscurity, for a ministry of three years. He so ordered events that two-thirds of Moses’ life-span was spent in preparation. We are in a desperate hurry to get on with the job, and would like to eliminate some of the tra…
A few days ago I had a Skype conversation with Peter Wang, our “Keep Believing” man in China.During our conversation Peter recorded a short greeting to the friends who have been praying for him. I know he is very grateful for your prayers. The greeting is not quite three minutes long. I hope you’ll take time to listen to it. …
This morning I drove to Memphis to spend the day at the Stephen Olford Center for Biblical Preaching. Founded by Stephen Olford in 1985 to encourage and equip preachers and teachers of God’s Word, the work is ably carried on under the leadership of his son, Dr. David Olford.Through seminars, evening classes, conferences and distance learning,…
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth” (Proverbs 27:1).This is one of the most famous verses in the book of Proverbs and one of the most often quoted. In tones that are darkly ominous, it reminds us of a truth no one can escape. Life is uncertain. No one knows what tomorrow will bring.Think of what…
“You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth” (Isaiah 62:6-7)."Give him no rest."Give who no rest? God.The Lord invites his people to pray, asks them to pray, commands them to pray, begs them to pray. And then he says, “When…
A friend was talking with his son about the importance of sound financial principles. What do you do when you are already in debt? The answer is not hard to find: Get out of debt as quickly as possible. My friend shared a pithy aphorism that he called the First Rule of Holes: When you’re in a hole, stop digging. It makes sense, doesn’t …