Several times this week I started to write something about the presidential race, but I haven’t been able to do it properly, mostly because I find myself getting irritated by the comments I read on the Internet and the statements made by certain members of the media. To be honest, more than once this week I’ve found myself getting angry…
This is hardly earthshaking news, but yesterday when I finished my bike ride, I noticed that the odometer read exactly 777 miles. That’s how far I’ve ridden this year.…
Last weekend we made a very quick trip to Chicago for a Keep Believing board meeting. It turned out to be a most encouraging time as we considered what God has done starting with the beginning of the ministry in May 2008. Since then we have achieved tax-exempt status with the IRS, adopted a logo and a key statement ("Our Name Is Our Mission&qu…
When you travel as much as I do, you learn certain lessons early, one of the most obvious ones being that if you start in Tupelo, MS, it’s going to take you a while to get almost anywhere. That’s definitely true today because while you read these words, I’m in the air on my way to Spokane, Washington. There is no simple way to mak…
Earlier today we posted a brand-new podcast called Asymmetric Spiritual Warfare. It seems appropriate that this podcast should come on 9/11 because the treacherous attack that occurred seven years ago is the classic modern example of asymmetric warfare. Although the War on Terror didn’t start that day, our understanding of it changed forever …
Bruce Smith has a new weblog called Religion and Politics Report. Seth Godin explains the #1 most overlooked secret of building trust. Godly people laugh a lot. Milton Stanley has an excellent collection of expository links. Evidently the world didn’t end today. Michael Hyatt wonders Whatever Happened to Modesty?Stands to Reason offers resour…
A friend from Australia wants to know my method of sermon illustration. He mentioned that he uses three systems:1) A manual system for filing illustrations.2) A seed box of this and that—it hasn’t proved very helpful.3) A program called “Biblical Illustrator” that has not been kept up to date.Here are my general comments:1) …
I ran across a quote from Robert Murray M’Cheyne that stuck in my mind because I have received several emails lately from people who feel that their sin somehow disqualifies them for forgiveness. Having felt that way many times myself, I can sympathize with them. But the truth is very nearly the opposite. If grace means anything, it must mean…
A friend asked me why evangelicals think it’s okay that Sarah Palin’s seventeen-year-old daughter got pregnant by her boyfriend. I think the exact wording was, “Why are we so excited about it?” Hmmmm. That’s not exactly the way I would put it.I don’t know anyone who is “excited” about a teenage girl g…
I am writing this note from Elmhurst, IL, a suburb of Chicago, where tomorrow morning we will have a Keep Believing board yesterday. This has been a whirlwind trip, even by our standards of constant travel. We drove here yesterday, fighting rain from the remnants of Hurricane Gustav most of the way so that we ended up spending almost 12 hours on th…