10:24 PM Not that it matters very much, but both my Final Four picks were right. I’m pretty sure Connecticut will win on Monday night, but I’m going to think about it some more before issuing my final prediction. 2:25 PM Don’t forget—Turn your clock forward one hour tonight. Spring forward in spring. That means it’s r…
10:51 PM Four days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Calvary sent a team (Wayne Kuna, Josh Pritchard, Nick Pritchard, Nick Borton) to deliver 5000 copies of “An Anchor for the Soul” to Calvary Chapel of Old Bridge, New Jersey. They distributed thousands of copies near Ground Zero. About five weeks later, we sent a secon…
10:38 PM Kim Jahns sent an e-mail from missionaries in the Middle East with further insight into the impact of “The Passion of the Christ” in Muslim countries. In just a few short days, more Arab Muslims have been able to clearly hear (and see) the Gospel in their own language than we would be able to reach in a lifetim…
10:01 PM Nice treat tonight after Bible study. I had finished teaching the final lesson of the “Ten Keys” series when Scott Mahlstedt gave me a flat slab covered with newspaper. The flat slab turned out to be frozen Brunswick stew. Regular readers of this weblog will recall a recent discussion about where to find the be…
9:35 PM Here’s another new sermon series on the website: Christmas Personalities. Four sermons on Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men, and wicked King Herod. 3:56 PM We just posted a new sermon series on Christ in the Old Testament called Christ BC. There are four sermons on “The Seed of the Woman,” “A Prophet Greater Than Mos…
9:56 PM My buddy Roy Hodson in Emmalena, Kentucky asked for a personal favor: I need your help to play a joke on a couple of our son, Caleb’s, friends. He was in a Christian bookstore over the weekend and came across a couple of your books. He mentioned that you and I were friends and he knew you. Well, they didn’t believe …
Not long ago I received an e-mail from a man I’ve never met. He lives hundreds of miles from Chicago so I don’t suppose that I’ll ever meet him in person. A year ago he discovered that he has prostate cancer. In times past he made many mistakes and hurt his own family gre…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20043:59 PM Wedding bells will soon be ringing for Mary Jane Slocum and Hans Svebakken. Mary Jane told me the happy news this morning. She and Hans plan to be married in June. 3:42 PM Fascinating article in today’s Chicago Sun-Times about the “under God” phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance. Last week the Supreme Court heard …
12:19 PM Catching up on noteworthy articles: Hugh Hewitt explains why we need the Federal Marriage Amendment. Travis K. McSherley explains what is behind the assault on the “Under God” phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance. It is really an assault on the public recognition of God in American life. Bill Murchison points out…
4:33 PM We’ve added several more sermon series to the Sermons page: I Will Build My Church from Matthew 16 (4 sermons). This was my very first sermon series at Calvary in August and September 1989. Servants Unlimited (4 sermons) The Ten Commandments For Today (10 sermons) Why I Believe (10 sermons). This series became the b…