“You can be right about everything all the time or you can have friends. But you can’t do both.”That thought comes from this column by John Armstrong.
Jerry Falwell died today at the age of 73. He will be chiefly remembered for two enormous accomplishments:First, he led the fundamentalist movement out of the wilderness and won for it a seat at the table of public discourse. Looking back, it is hard to remember what things were like 35 years ago. Mainstream evangelicals ha …
In the last several weeks I’ve done a number of radio interviews relating to Stealth Attack, my new book on spiritual warfare. Here are three that you can hear online:Open Line with Chris FabryThe Don Kroah ShowToday’s Issues on American Family Radio
Recently I met someone who is a bit discouraged because his church has gone through several staff changes. Pastors who had been in that church for years have announced that they will soon be moving to other ministries. The person said, “I think God is cleaning house.”To which I replied, “Perhaps he’s just redecorating …
We have just posted a new sermon called God’s Multicultural Church. Here’s an excerpt:We have some young friends in their early 20s who serve as pioneer missionaries to an unreached people group on the other side of the world. When I say “unreached,” I mean that in the literal sense. They are so far away from Am …
Reflections on the last seven days . . .Last Sunday morning I preached for my friend Colin Smith at Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church in suburban Chicago. This was my third time to preach there on Sunday morning, and I commented that by the third time you no longer feel like a visitor but more like an extended membe …
A few weeks ago I wrote an article called How to Spot a Healthy Church—Quickly. To my surprise, it has drawn the most comments of anything I’ve ever written on the weblog. At the moment there are 89 comments attached to that entry. They are all enlightening because they allow us a glimpse into how people evaluate loc …
Just received this note from a missionary serving in South Africa: I just want to let you know that I gave An Anchor for the Soul to a waiter I met at a restaurant. He is from Zimbabwe but working here in South Africa. That is a tough county to be from right now needless to say. Almost 2000% interest from what a pastor fro …
This is Day 5 of our seven-day trip to Chicago. We arrived last Thursday night and have been going pretty much nonstop since then. Friday was taken up with plans for the Skype shower for Mark and Vanessa, Saturday with putting together the Keep Believing mailing, Sunday with preaching at Arlington Heights Free Church and lu …
We have just posted a new sermon called Grumblers Anonymous. I preached this sermon at the Spring Bible Conference at New Brunswick Bible Institute, April 26-29, 2007. The conference ended with the graduation ceremonies. This message was part of my series on the parables of Jesus. Here’s an excerpt:I want to make a fe …