Truth is truth…no matter where you find it. There is no such thing as “Your truth,” or “My truth.” Such jargon is simply an attempt to avoid actual truth. Truth is not relative…it just is. We may not like the implications or consequences of truth, but that doesn’t change the facts.
If it [...]
For all those who love the soil and growing your own food…especially using organic practices, I want to announce my new blog, In the Charamon Garden. You can find it on the blogroll or here. I hope you like it.
It is an account of the thrill of victory and the agony of [...]
If you want to watch the news in the last few days, you’d better be interested in what is happening to O.J. Simpson. Frankly, I could not be less interested. Journalists have some way of measuring interest and only report what titillates the general public. If this is what people [...]
Static-cling Churches
The words of Christ to Sardis: “Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. ‘So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent” (Revelation 3:2,3)
Many churches around the world have [...]
Check out Trey Morgan’s excellent blog on this subject. The statistics he quotes are compelling. Also be sure and follow the links he gives in his article.
I often think about how preachers are like coaches. In the years he has plenty of talented players (wins a lot of games), he can do no [...]
Preaching is very hard work…if you don’t believe me, just ask them. Someone has said that preachers write the equivalent of three full-length novels a year. That he only works on Sunday is an ignorant and ridiculous myth. I know a former preacher who is now president of a [...]
This list will not apply to all preachers of course. Some preachers leave a congregation simply because they want the prestige of a larger church, salary, more benefits, etc. But I have been preaching since 1962 and here are some reasons I think preachers leave a church or leave preaching.
Runs out [...]
Bob Vance
1928 – 2007
One of life’s compensations is to be in the acquaintance of extraordinary men and women. Even though I did not know him as well as some others, I think all who knew him would agree that Bob Vance was one of [...]
