(To listen to the podcast of this post, click here.) Pastor Mike here. Hebrews 12:2 reads: “Fixing our eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of faith.” So where are your eyes? Our eyes can be on problems. Our eyes can be on politics (or a politician). Our eyes can be on a Pastor (or […]
Information Please (Don’t Doubt the Impression You’re Making)
July 15, 2012 by
(The author of this piece is unknown. I had to post it because you have to read it.) When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. […]
10 Facts About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
April 7, 2012 by
Messiah was dead. Messiah was buried. Messiah was gone. At least that’s what everybody thought. And who could blame them? After all, how can anyone come back from the dead? It all comes down to the resurrection. It’s what separates Christianity from all other religions ~ the empty tomb. It’s what separates Jesus from all […]
The Cross is a Great Thing
March 10, 2012 by
This guy showed up this week in my office with a box. He was a little dirty in the face, but shaven. His hair was greased back (probably not shampooed that day). He had a tie on, too. He was doing his very best to be presentable. He said to me, “Would you like to […]
Don’t You Dare
January 9, 2012 by
The phone rang. On the other end was a daughter’s desperate plea. “Dad is dying. And he’s backslidden.” His parents had been pastors. And they were gone. (“To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.”) They had been praying for their son a long, long time. And can you just […]
She’s With Jesus
October 8, 2011 by
“‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise.’” (Matthew 21:16) She was a member of our church. She loved the Lord with all her heart. And she suddenly died. I was speaking to her as the last one leaving our church on a Sunday morning and the next Monday afternoon […]
Thorns
July 15, 2011 by
“Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn.” (2 Corinthians 12:7a) What’s your thorn? I never really thought about it before. I think we all have one (or two or three?). The Apostle Paul had an especially “prickly” thorn. Can […]
The Sin That Can Not Be Forgiven – Part 2
June 7, 2011 by
Sometimes you just need to worship because… (10 reasons)
October 8, 2010 by
This post (and the list below) is really born out of a heavy heart. I won’t explain the heaviness other than to say that heaviness can sometimes last for a long time. In steps “worship.” We can’t see the forest for the trees sometimes. Especially during hardship. (Has it ever happened to you?) Worship lifts […]
When Death Calls
September 30, 2010 by
I’d just talked to her at church the day before. She was the last one to leave and she told me of a song on her heart. So when the phone rang and the caller said, “She’s dead,” I hung up in disbelief. “Huh? It can’t be true.” I ran out the door and drove […]
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