Sturgis story: In Deadwood SD, I went into a store front that the Hell's Angels rented . They were recruiting new members. There were HA...

In the Old Testament, Nehemiah was rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem (a great work). His enemies entreated him to leave the work and...

The Incarnation is a monumental rebuke of our misguided attempts to please God in the flesh. It proves to us the contention of Scripture...

The Incarnation (God becoming flesh) can also be called the Downward Mobility of God's Son. In the 80s and 90s, baby Boomers...

The crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord Jesus occupy a central place in the doctrine and doxology of the church. This is just as it...

Easter. Buying new clothes. Celebrating the coming of Spring. The Easter Bunny. Pictures. Easter egg hunts. Family. Food. ...

In the wake of the current Covid19 crises, many churches have gone to streaming their worship experiences online (and that is a good...

Most church members do not want the kind of pastoring that the New Testament calls for.  I’ll leave that there. In 1 & 2 Timothy, the...

Here’s a recent Twitter post by a national religious leader… Christmas is not about any of these things.  As much liberal and progressive...

Yesterday I visited a local Christian bookstore.  Although I love to read and books are treasures to me, I don’t go to bookstores too...

By American Christian standards, I must not be a good Christian… I don’t like most of the Christian music on my local Christian radio...

The Apostle Paul wrote two letters to young Timothy who was the pastor at the church at Ephesus.  Along with the book of Titus, we call...

Homiletics:  The art of writing and preaching sermons. I've been preaching for 30 years.  I've read hundreds of books on preaching.  I've...