Recently we received a letter from a 27-year-old prisoner at the Fairfax (VA) County Jail. He wrote to tell us that he had read my book An Anchor for the Soul. Here is the heart of what he wrote:I thank you for your book “An Anchor for the Soul”, it was very inspirational for me. Today’s the day I finally let go, finally stopped h…
I’ll be co-hosting “Today’s Issues” on American Family Radio Monday through Friday from 10 AM-12 Noon CDT. We have a tremendous lineup of guests, headed by 45 minutes with Chuck Colson talking about his new book “The Faith” on Tuesday at 11:15 AM. We’ll ask him about the state of the American church, his th…
Last Wednesday morning at Gull Lake Ministries in Michigan we had a question-and-answer session. Here are some of the questions along with a general outline of the answers I gave. 1. A friend of mine committed suicide sometime ago. I know he was a Christian and had a personal relationship with Christ, but I am troubled about his salvati…
On Thursday I wrapped up a week of teaching at Gull Lake Ministries in Michigan. During the second hour on Wednesday morning, I did a Question and Answer session based on questions from the audience. This turned out to be one of the best sessions of the week. We plan to post that session as a podcast soon. I thought you might be interested in readi…
Yesterday Peggy Noonan published a column called Making History in which she reflected on the events that led up to the publication of the Declaration of Independence 233 years ago today. As historian David McCullough makes clear in books 1776 and John Adams, it was no sure thing that the colonies would actually vote to form the United States or th…
Someone mentioned to me recently that I needed to put more pictures of Dudley on the blog. For those who don’t know, Dudley is one of our two fine basset hounds (Gary being the other). Both dogs will be four years old this fall.We got Dudley on Christmas Eve, 2005, when we were still living in the cabin by the lake. We inherited Gary after Ni…
Greetings from Gull Lake at the end of a cloudy day. I don’t think the temp reached 65 today, quite a change from the scorching heat in Tupelo. Last night we slept with the windows open so the lake breeze would keep us cool.We’re having a fine week. Gull Lake has make a total commitment to reaching families with children and teenagers. …
Here are a few pictures taken with my iPhone on my early morning walk
This morning Marlene and I are on our way to Michigan for a week at Gull Lake Ministries. As the name implies, the conference lies on the shore of a body of water that National Geographic called one of the premier inland lakes in the nation. Starting in 1897 Christians met on this beautiful spot for summer camp. In 1920 it became an interdenominati…
Several weeks ago I wrote about Jamie Mitchell’s bold prayer at the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Today Jamie updated the story on his blog. Not only did some members not like his prayer, they protested so strongly that the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House issued a new policy:1. All prayers must be submitted and approved in advance.…