Download Today’s Interview on WMBI

March 21, 2008

Today I spent an hour on WMBI radio in Chicago tracing the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Nancy Turner (host of “This the Day!”) and producer Mark Breta came up with the idea of reliving the day Christ died and the morning of his resurrection. They invited me to paint word pictures of the key events, interspersed …

Passion Week Locations

Check out this interactive Google map of the events of Holy Week. (HT to Brian Bill.)

Wonderful Cross

I found this YouTube video of Michael W. Smith in concert singing “Wonderful Cross.” You can hear the audience singing along with him. I hope you will not only watch the video but sing along also and remember what Good Friday is all about.

Good Friday Radio Interview

March 20, 2008

I am doing an interview about the true significance of Good Friday and Easter Sunday on WMBI-FM from 10-11 AM CDT Friday morning. Listeners in the Chicago area can hear the interview at 90.1 FM. Outside Chicago you can hear the interview by going to the WMBI website and clicking on “Listen Live” in the lefthand column.

Special Note for Our Canadian Friends

This note is for the Canadian friends of Keep Believing Ministries. When we redesigned the website, we added a special field to the Donate button that allows you to make your gift in Canadian funds. We are grateful for all our supporters who love us and pray for us and give to help this ministry go forward. And we’re …

Basset Hound Theology

{{{ALIGN:right;THUMBNAILWIDTH:290;CAPTION:Gary makes himself comfortable;}}}As I was getting dressed early this morning, I heard a scratching at the bedroom door. I knew instinctively that it was Gary, one of our two fine basset hounds. Whenever I get up, no matter how early, Gary knows it because he has finely-tuned hearin …

Always Hope

March 19, 2008

Last September when I spoke at a conference in Colorado, I met a prison chaplain who asked if we would donate 3000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul from the Anchor Book Depot to be distributed in New Mexico prisons. We were happy to comply with that request, and early this year we received a letter from an inmate named Will …

Midnight Miracle

March 18, 2008

We have just posted a new sermon called Midnight Miracle based on Luke 22:49-51. This is the story of Jesus healing the ear of Malchus, the servant of the high priest, in Gethsemane on the night he was betrayed and arrest. This is the final miracle of bodily cure performed by our Lord and the final miracle before he went to …

Eighteen Easter Sermons

March 17, 2008

Here are eighteen Easter sermons. You are welcome to use this material in any way that might be helpful to you as you prepare your heart for the celebration of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead.Where is Jesus When We Need Him? Going All In: “The Third Day He Rose From the Dead”Good News from the GraveyardEaster a …

Happy Holy Week

March 16, 2008

I woke up this morning thinking about three friends. One recently lost his job, one may be on the verge of losing his job, and third one doesn’t like her job. All three have questions about what God is doing, what he is saying, and why things aren’t going so well right now. I have heard from all three of my frie …