Incipient Intolerance

Please let me take a portion of my limited space to say “Thank you.” The complimentary comments on my sermons of late have been more frequent and widespread, and they are very encouraging to me. I’ve also received texts, emails, face-to-face compliments and words of...

Silence

One of the great challenges in all of Scripture has got to be Elijah’s challenge to Israel when they gathered at Mt. Carmel. Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal,...

Things That Matter

There comes a point in everyone’s life when the question that needs to be asked is finally addressed. It’s the question of priorities. What really matters? Once that question is honestly and objectively faced, things tend to improve. Bad habits are replaced with...

Reasons

I think about growth a lot. Some will no doubt attribute that to my occupation. No doubt about it, my training and my work do influence the things I think about. But I don’t believe that thinking about growth is an occupational hazard. Nor do I think that NOT thinking...