Star-Quality Christians
Do you have star quality? While surfing the Internet, I discovered that there are numerous online quizzes to help answer that question. The quiz I took asked things like “What sort of music do you...
View ArticleCompassion: More Than a Bleeding Heart
One year right after Christmas I was flying through Atlanta on my way to Tampa to speak at a Bible conference. I had a few minutes in the airport so I picked up a copy of the Washington Times (December...
View ArticlePraying for Your Prodigal
I received an email with a heartrending question: I have a daughter that I don’t believe is saved. I pray for her but often times I can’t. I suppose that I’m angry she isn’t responding and feel...
View ArticleThe Pastor’s Reward
(A sermon at the installation service for Brian Bill as the pastor of Edgewood Baptist Church, Rock Island, IL.) When I was student at Dallas Seminary four decades ago, I spent a lot of time in the...
View ArticleThe Hero Rises
It started with a simple idea. A few months ago I decided to study the life of Joseph in the Old Testament. I made that decision knowing that in the summer I would be preaching in five difference Bible...
View ArticleDo You Know Why You Were Born?
We begin with the words of Mark Twain who said, “There are two great days in a person’s life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.” One is easier than the other. One is a date in time....
View ArticleHow Big is Your God?
The email arrived from a student who had taken a course from me at Word of Life Bible Institute. She wrote a very brief note, thanking me for the class and then asking me this question: “What’s your...
View ArticleAre You Willing to Face Your Past?
Twenty years is a long time.A lot happens in the course of two decades.A lot of water flows under the bridge.A lot is forgotten and never mentioned again. Some things are never mentioned but they are...
View ArticleDo You Want to be Set Free?
In this series on the life of Joseph we are looking at nine crucial questions that every person must answer. So far we have looked at these five questions: Do you know why you were born? Do you know...
View ArticleThree Ways to Live for Christ in Hard Times
“I survived 2020.” Someone could make a fortune selling t-shirts with that slogan. Maybe someone already has. It’s been that kind of year. Twelve months ago we could hardly have imagined what was about...
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