Brian Bill preached a powerful sermon on Romans 5:1-2 called Making Peace With God.Phil Newton examines Christ’s message to the church at Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6) in his message Dead or Alive?I just posted a sermon on the Holy Spirit called The God We Hardly Know.
This weekend I spoke for a Men’s Retreat at Silver Spur Conference Center in Tuolumne, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, just east of the San Joaquin Valley. It took me 16 1/2 hours to get here from Tupelo on Friday. In a few hours I leave for the return trip, which hopefully won’t tak …
Happy Birthday, Nick!Our youngest son celebrates his 22nd birthday today. With our family so scattered at the moment—Nick in Birmingham, Mark in China, Marlene in Nashville, Josh and Leah in Chicago, and I’m in California—this is the best way to say how happy we are that he was born.
In December 2004 I received an email that changed my life. Right after the tsunami that devastated Indonesia, Thailand, Sri […]
A new church is starting in Tupelo. I don’t know much about it, except that several of the key people come from another church in town. After meeting as a small group for several months, they have decided to start holding public worship services soon. As part of the process, they have called a young man from another …
At the moment I am sitting in O’Hare Airport in Chicago waiting for my flight to San Francisco. Today I am hopscotching across the country, trying to get from Tupelo to Silver Spur Conference Center in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Perhaps the easiest way to say it is that if you want to …
David Mains caught me off guard with his question. “If you had to grade your congregation on their knowledge of […]
Highly recommended. Sesame Honey Cashews from Trader Joe’s. Special thanks to Brittany Barreca who drove 45 minutes last weekend to find a bag, which Marlene and I shared when I got home from New Jersey.
Brian Bill sent along two very helpful links:1) China’s New Legal Eagles. Evangelical leaders spur the civil rights movement as believers begin to speak out in order to nudge China toward freedom and true civil liberty. 2) Seth Godin’s Blog. Cutting edge marketing ideas from a leader in the field. Written for bu …
On Monday I flew home from a weekend conference in Vineland, New Jersey. As sometimes happens on the back end of a trip, I was thinking about things I have to do this week and it seemed overwhelming. Frankly, I felt a bit discouraged. When I got the Atlanta airport, I was feeling tired and down and as I sat on the train tha …