A Real 'Senior' Prom
I have a friend who’s one of the great speakers of our time. His name is Guy Dowd. Several years back he was awarded the honor, by the President of the United States, as “Teacher of the Year.” That’s rea...
Save the Date: The Return of Christ?
Although the Second Coming is a certainty - Christ will return, and the kingdoms of this world will then become the kingdom of our God - Jesus himself said that it is futile to pinpoint its precise date (See...
When Good People Do Nothing
Cynicism says, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” Faith says, “You’ll see it when you believe it.” In Obadiah, verse 11 (the book only has one chapter), we read that the prophet said that when evil takes pl...
The Worship is Over but the Service is About to Begin
There are people who go to the symphony and clap because they know that’s what they are supposed to do at the end of the concert, but the music has no value to them. It is when the music inhabits the listener...
Good for Goodness Sake. . .Not Conversions
We should do good for goodness sake, not to achieve some other goal. A good act is good in and of itself. There are some people who believe that the only reason we should do good to others like providing the...
The Love in Resurrection
At Calvary, we see what the power of Satan can do. We observe the demonic nature of political and religious power infused by evil. The Roman governor and the Hebrew king, on the one hand, and the priests and...
It's Friday. . .But Sunday's Coming! (VIDEO)
Once a year in our church, we have a preach off. Folks, for the most part, don't even know what that is. That's when you get about five, six, seven preachers and you preach back to back to see who's best...
Ride the Donkey: Love Over Power
I sometimes think that many Evangelical Christians tend toward becoming modern counterparts of the ancient Gnostics. While the theologically liberal doubt the deity of Jesus, we have a tendency to diminish His...
Changing America and the World for the Common Good
There was a time when I thought that a handful of committed persons, wholly dedicated to their cause, could change the world. After all, Margaret Mead had said we could. It was really the fantasy of someon...
Jesus is My Koan
Recently, at a public forum, I was asked to address the question as to whether or not America is having a spiritual revival. It was an easy question to address because there is blatant evidence from coast to...