Ever want to quit—relationship, job, church—but the Holy Spirit wouldn’t let you? Even though it would be easier to walk.Even though you were wronged.Even though it hurts to stay. Maybe the marriage is not all you dreamed it would be.Maybe the job is not what it was...
I’m back in Manila and back online after a two-week trip. While reading The One Year Book of Christian History this morning, I was struck by the power of preaching, for better and sometimes for worse. The book had a long quote from “the most effective sermon of all...
Been traveling too much to blog lately. Fly to Singapore in a couple of hours, but thought I better throw something up here so both my readers would not think I died or got kidnapped. Don’t want Nancy Grace flashing my mug shot and asking the world to help find the...
Because I use one of those paper clip sized iPods with no screen, I have no idea which podcast I was listening to this morning, but the mystery speaker made a good point about sin, grace, and the gospel. He said something like this. . . If you came to my house and saw...
Sat in a room all day yesterday with friends and colleagues asking church consulting guru Dr. Ed Stetzer questions about church planting. This was round 2 with Ed. Click HERE for my summary of round 1. Learned a lot, again. Here are some quick random notes from our...
This was big news last week.“I direct that when my dog, Trouble, dies, her remains shall be buried next to my remains in the Helmsley mausoleum. . .” As stupid as that is, Leona Helmsley’s last will and testament actually gets worse. Running out of people to give...
