This morning I spent an hour on WMBI-FM in Chicago with Nancy Turner. When we arrived at 9:50 AM, I had no idea what we would be talking about. We settled on a topic at 9:55, and once the program started at 10, we never touched the topic. We ended up talking how to deal with the fear that seems to be gripping so many hearts right now.Here’s a…
Last Sunday a group of radical gay activists disrupted a church service in Lansing, Michigan. One group of protesters demonstrated outside the church while another group actually disrupted the worship service, shouting, throwing fliers, and even pulling the fire alarm so the sanctuary would be evacuated.In California gay-rights activists have picke…
Right now–at this very moment–Marlene and I are both working fast and furious because we’re leaving soon for our last big trip of the year. Today we’re driving to Birmingham (2 1/2 hours) to catch a flight to Chicago for a weekend of important events. On Friday at 10 AM (Central Time) I am doing a live one-hour interview on …
An email came from someone asking for advice on how to leave a church. The details don’t matter except that both the husband and wife have concluded that after years of being in one particular congregation, the time has come for them to find another place of worship. Partly it involves their children and partly it involves a desire to be part…
Basically we are in full countdown mode for our final big trip of the year that starts on Thursday and takes us to Illinois, Florida and Chicago. First up is the Keep Believing Open House this Saturday night. Thanks to the kindness of some friends, we are able to use a beautiful meeting room at Concordia University in River Forest in suburban Chica…
This morning Derek and Deneen along with Elijah and Joelle left for Chicago. Just before they left, we took a group picture using a new tripod that we bought over the weekend. Derek and I spent quite a bit of time working on video projects for the ministry. We now have a camcorder, a tripod, and some fancy editing software. We spent hours working o…
Here are fourteen sermons appropriate for Thanksgiving. You are welcome to use this material in any way that might be helpful to you as you prepare sermons and Bible studies or simply to increase your own gratitude to the Lord for all his blessings. What Children Can Teach Us at Thanksgiving How God Revealed the Ingratitude of My Own Heart&nb…
We are blessed this weekend to have very special visitors. Yesterday Derek and Deneen Taylor and their children Elijah and Joelle drove down from Chicago for their first-ever visit to Tupelo. We soon discovered that Joelle is a real “dog girl.” She made fast friends with Dudley and Gary, our beloved basset hounds. …
No, this isn’t about politics. This is about the unbelievable torrent of anonymous criticism unleashed upon Sarah Palin by certain unnamed sources within the McCain campaign since the election on Tuesday night. Yesterday she fired back in an interview from the governor’s office in Anchorage, she said of the anonymous criticism, “i…
For the last several weeks I’ve been reading Preach the Word, a collection of essays on expository preaching in honor of Kent Hughes who served for many served as the senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton. Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson served as editors of this very fine set of essays. It’s the best book on preaching I’ve read…