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 …
Phil Newton, pastor of South Woods Baptist Church in Memphis, TN is preaching through Revelation 1-5. Last Sunday he preached from Revelation 2:18-19, Christ’s message to the church at Thyatira. I found his message very challenging. He called it The World in the Church.
I have returned home from a weekend trip to New Jersey to speak at Faith Bible Church in Vineland, in south Jersey about 45 minutes east of Philadelphia. I was pleased to discover that there are many Word of Life connections at the church. Pastor Paul Barreca and his wife Kim met at Word of Life Bible Institute and many of …
Ajith Fernando has some penetrating words for preachers on the importance of taking sermon preparation seriously in his article called Passionate for God? Or addicted to mediocrity? This quote will give you a flavor of his message:If we are going to preach then we must fashion our schedule in order to give us time to prepar …
A few weeks ago I wrote about my ten favorite hymns. Today I’m offering this list of my ten favorite gospel songs. Two quick notes are in order. First, I find it difficult to define what I mean by “gospel song” so I won’t even try, and I’m not where exactly how to demarcate between a hymn and a gospel song …
We have just posted a new sermon on the website:Forward-Leaning Defense
Mark has a MySpace China blog. His counter says that there are 123 days, 2 hours, 50 minutes, 5 seconds until the Holy Land tour, January 17-26, 2007. By the way, we now have 15 people signed up for the tour. We expect to have a group of 25-30 people. If you are thinking about going with us, now is the time to sign up.
Today is Wash for Life . I hope this great idea spreads to thousands of youth groups next year.
Yes, we are still going to Israel for our Holy Land tour, January 17-26, 2007. Since the ceasefire in July, the situation has become increasingly calm. The Go Israel site contains a wealth of information for travelers. I hope you will join us for this trip of a lifetime. You will see Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Caesarea, Tiberius …
In 1923, J. Gresham Machen wrote a groundbreaking book called Christianity and Liberalism. A leader in the conservative movement within the Presbyterian Church, Machen wrote the book to demonstrate the fundamental difference between biblical Christianity and liberal Christianity. Looking back on the controversy his book pro …