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IT HAS BEEN RAINING all morning. It hasn’t rained this way since I can’t remember when. The ground has been thirsty. And I’ve grown weary of being stuck between blue skies and hard-packed dirt. It’s the dead of winter, but I’ve been writing all …
I’M LUCKY. I have a pastor who preaches like he’s talking to me over a cup of coffee—which is how I try to write, by the way. Nothing stodgy. This past Sunday he told a Cherokee story I had never heard—at least not that I recall. It was a story just …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Erin Drew. She wins a free book for asking the question. I have a girlfriend who lived with abuse by a stepfather and a mother who denied it….We had always heard so many sermons/read so many things about …
CHRISTIAN POLITICIANS. Let’s assume they: exist—in the various political parties want to make the country a better place aren’t afraid to do the right thing even if it could cost them re-election. Let’s brainstorm a vision for them. When my pastor, …
I SAID in Tuesday’s blog post that my pastor would be preaching to the president of the US of A. I’ve got to tell you that the Inaugural Prayer Service was for the most part sedate and downright stiff. Until Adam Hamilton got up to preach. He was a …
WHEN BATHSHEBA makes her first appearance in the Bible, she’s not wearing any clothes. She’s taking a bath. Outside. Within eyeshot of the very married King David—seven wives at least. He’s strolling around on what was probably the flat roof of his …
THIS MORNING at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, the president of the US of A is supposed to be sitting in my seat. Sort of. He’ll be sitting where I normally sit: in front of my preacher. Sort of. I actually watch my preacher on a video screen. He preaches …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. And Robin Walker gets a free book for asking it. Here’s her question: I was doing a fast for three weeks last month. In one of my books on fasting it had a scripture, Matthew 17: 20-21. Interestingly enough some of my …
JUST FOR FUN I decided to pick a random Bible verse to reflect upon for this blog post. I went to my iPhone and loaded my study Bible app. Then, eyes closed, I made three pokes at the screen. One to get to the Bible book: it took me to Ezekiel. One …
IT’S TOUGH TO ARGUE from the Bible that Christians shouldn’t drink alcohol, many insist. After all, Jesus’ first miracle on record was to whip up enough wine to get a thousand people too drunk to drive a donkey cart—at least by today’s measure of …
“HOLY CRAP!” That’s what my daughter said were the first words out of my mouth when I woke up from a short nap in the car on Monday afternoon. Rebecca and I were about halfway home to the Kansas City area, after visiting family 800 …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Artha Waycaster. She wins a free book for her trouble. How do you feel about the subject once saved always saved? I tend to think you can lose your way after becoming a Christian. My sister thinks …
