I want to bring up something that church people don’t talk about very often. Why don’t we talk about it? I don’t...
If I was completely honest with you I would tell you that I’m tired.
Purity of heart arises not from perfection of our will, but from reception of God’s grace.
“Fear is good; change is bad.” This is the family motto in DreamWorks’ new 3-D animated feature "The Croods." It’s a storyline...
Three of my kids take piano lessons from the same teacher, so they take turns going first. They determined the order themselves several months ago. I thought it was all settled. It shouldn’t...
In order to grow and maintain a clear sense of SoulPurpose for yourself, we believe you need five particular components in your...
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Red Letter Believers has a collection of High Calling blog posts about Sabbath. This is worth a read. Sabbath is so counter-cultural that the Church in America ignores it even though it is...
“If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things...
The dust swirled in the hot humid air as I trudged home from school. I slipped the report card next to Mom’s...
In yesterday's reflection, we saw that Christian growth as pictured in Ephesians 4:11-16 is mainly corporate. Though individual believers are to "no...
Experienced engineers will take less pay in exchange for a sane work schedule and fulfilling relationships.
It is easy for a pastor to get “tunnel vision.” That tunnel vision comes from a semi-isolation factor inherent from the nature of the job. For years I had preached about holding out...
How do you take a picture of a million people? Howard Butt, Jr. suggests a different way of bringing things into focus.
In 1982, when I was a sophomore at Baylor University, Tony Campolo spoke at a state-wide gathering of Christian college students. By the end of his sermon, provincial scales had fallen from my...
Just as the command and consequence approaches have to determine which commands and consequences are truly good, the character approach has to determine which virtues are good. Aristotle emphasized the classical Greek virtues...
Last night, my wife Margie read from and signed copies of her book, The Exact Place. Anita had filled Toad Hall with candles and flowers, arranged chairs so everyone could hear easily, made...
How many organizations do you know that have lasted a thousand years?
As we read Ephesians 2:8 in English, we are not surprised to find the word "gift" in the last part of the verse: "it is the gift of God." After all, Paul often...
