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IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Ilene Ashworth. I’ll paraphrase the question, to shorten it. Paul’s number one qualification for an elder or a deacon is that they be married. If the wife dies, can the husband remain an elder or a deacon? …
THERE’S A FINE ART to critiquing the music minister. In yesterday’s blog, I warned people against having the pastor for lunch – eating the pastor alive by complaining over Sunday lunch about the pastor’s sermon. A friend of mine who is a music …
I’M NOT TALKING about eating with the pastor. I’m talking about eating the pastor alive…after the worship service on Sunday. “Having the pastor for lunch,” in the context of criticizing the pastor’s performance on Sunday, is a phrase I first heard …
THE BIBLE STILL SURPRISES ME, after all these years of studying it and writing books about it. Just today, I wanted to find a few Psalms of thanks. I thought it would be a good idea to post a blog thanking God for all he has done for us. So I started …
BAD NEWS. My pastor is leaving. It could be worse. I could be her dad. He and her ma live here in the greater metro area. Pastor Molly Simpson is moving to another state. She’s taking her husband and two pre-school-age children with her. Not grandma. …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from April Duty, a friend of mine. She wins a free book from the choices listed here: What does God have to say to us today concerning tattoos? As far as I can tell in reading the Old Testament law, God agrees …
THE FRIEND I wrote about in Wednesday’s blog post is having heart surgery today. Blocked arteries. I just got a text message from his wife saying they are finishing up the surgery now, and that he’s doing fine and they will know more in about 30 …
ONCE IN A WHILE I go to websites that sell my books and I take a look at what people are saying in their reviews. It’s always a mixed bag. Good stuff. Bad stuff. Happily, the overwhelming majority of reviews are good ones. Of the many books I’ve …
THIS MINUTE a friend of mine is having an angiogram. A doc is threading a catheter up his femoral artery to scout out the heart for any blockage or damage. I visited my friend in the hospital a little while ago and prayed for him just a few minutes …
JOHN MARK is not the brother of Barnabas, despite what I wrote in Who’s Who & Where’s Where in the Bible 2.0. Look on page 264 and you’ll discover my humanity. The feature begins: BROTHER OF BARNABAS, John Mark didn’t finish what he started. If …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Tony Nave, on my Facebook page. Tony gets a free book for his curiosity. With the way the world is today with the shootings in the schools and the laws about guns and the economy letting people down. What …
I ONCE HEARD bestselling Christian author Philip Yancey say that writers are control freaks. I can’t speak for all writers. But I can speak for myself. When it comes to my writing and the art research that goes into my illustrated books, I am a …
