A former Archbishop of Canterbury was once asked how long he prayed each day, and he replied, “About three minutes, but it takes me half an hour to get there.” Someone else may wonder if answered prayer is providence or coincidence. To this Bishop William Temple says, “When I pray, coincidences happen. When I don’t …

When we depend upon organizations, We get what organizations can do; When we depend upon education, We get what education can do; When we depend upon man, We get what man can do; But when we depend upon prayer, We get what God can do. A.C. Dixon

Denny Burk first introduced me to this video earlier this month. Lose My Soul Man I wanna tell you all something, Man. Man I’m not gonna let these material thing’s, get in my way, you all. I’m trying to get somewhere. I’m trying to get somewhere, Thats real and pure and true and eternal.

Wordle is a webpage for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. Check out this Wordle cloud of the Bible from Sixty Six Clouds. Any doubts about the Bible’s central character?

O changeless God, Under the conviction of thy Spirit I learn that the more I do, the worse I am, the more I know, the less I know, the more holiness I have, the more sinful I am, the more I love, the more there is to love. O wretched man that I am! O …

Please forgive me. I couldn’t resist. I’m in a tone-deaf kind of mood this Monday. Michael makes me want to bust a move. Ouch!

If you haven’t discerned it by now, I am a huge fan of Steve Farrar. The following blog he recently posted on his blog is a primary reason why I love the man and his message. He is so plainspoken. His message is dead on. Read. Learn. Apply. Do you believe God is who He …

These are the historical facts of the Gospel: 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he …

I recently completed reading Doctrine that Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life by my friend, Dr. Robert Smith, Jr. of Beeson Divinity School. The book was selected by Preaching Magazine as the Book of the Year. Chapter 6, “Maintaining Doctrinal Balance” is a great chapter. In Chapter 6 the author reminds the preacher …

Well, for some reason I have not received many comments to my blog lately. Perhaps this post will stir up some conversation, maybe even some disruption. I value your thoughts. I am curious to know what you think of churches displaying the United States flag in the worship center. Do we fully understand the implications …