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October 18, 2017
“For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. […]
February 15, 2017
Back in my youth group days, Sunday nights were regularly spent in gatherings known as “Singspiration.” One of the popular songs that we sang around the guitar was the familiar, “And they’ll know we are Christians by our love.” I believe you can take that song line and have a robust discussion around a number of topics that could fill-in the blank: “They’ll know we are Christians by our ________.” To stimulate our thinking, let me suggest a BIG topic in our post-Christian times: passion and compassion. Post-Christian minded people often pay attention to people who have zeal for something/someone and […]
February 1, 2017
In his work, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage, Kurt Vonnegut writes: “What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” We live in a time of profound communication technology. We have smart phones, social media, instant video “chatting” with others, texting, and emerging technologies that can link us with practically anything and anybody. Yet we dwell in a culture that is vastly lonely and disconnected. People today yearn for community and a place to belong in an ocean […]
January 19, 2017
Every Wednesday, I enjoy participating in a Bible study with a sizable group of passionate men who love to study the Scriptures and to talk about its application to daily life. For the last few months, we have studied and discussed the Book of Genesis. This week we found ourselves applying the truths of Genesis 26 to our lives. Mind you, Genesis 26 is not the “hottest” chapter in this narrative-rich book. It doesn’t command attention like the Creation account, the marriage of Adam and Eve, the Fall, the Tower of Babel, and Abraham’s life and events. But in the […]