I Hate Interruptions (But I’m getting better)

She came into my study at, what seemed to me then, a bad time.  I was on a roll, writing furiously, words tumbling onto the page , ideas popping out like new puppies, thoughts exploding like microwave popcorn.
Her: “Honey, this refrigerator is making strange noises again…can you come listen?
Me: “Good grief!  Can’t it wait?  I’m [...]

PLACE YOUR BETS

Most atheists argue there is no God because there is no proof. Theists believe the only sensible, plausible explanation for what we see around us is an intelligent designer, the one we call “God.” Of course, no one has to believe there is a God. Let us be clear, however, that not [...]

Contact Fatigue

Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever been so social! I’m on four different sites enabling contact with friends old and new. I think I could spend hours each day face-booking, twittering, texting and plaxo-pulsing. Of course I can’t do that and get anything done. I have done a lot of [...]

The Jesus Method No. 2

If there had been media they would have used it. If there had been websites and blogs they would have webbed and blogged. If there had been trains, planes and automobiles, they would have been on and in them. They would have been out in their world, sowing, watering and bringing in God’s increasing harvest.

Why Do Mission Churches Grow?

“Mission church” is a good example of faulty nomenclature. Not only is it faulty, it is misleading and damaging. It is misleading in that such terminology assumes there can be churches which are not “mission churches.” It is damaging for the same reason. There really shouldn’t be any difference between churches in the so-called “mission [...]

There is no Middle Ground

I want to refer my readers to an excellent article by Robert P. Odle that you will find thought-provoking, inspirational and convicting.

Men Need Men Friends

Trey Morgan, a great blogger (you need to subscribe), has an excellent post on how men need to have deep, spiritual friendships with other men.   It calls to mind a time when I was a “rank and file” member of the North Davis church in Arlington and part of a men’s group that met weekly [...]

Garlic and Stacy Peterson

People are so interesting! Maybe “mystifying” is more accurate. Some weeks ago, I posted a blog regarding the disappearance of Stacy Peterson. It has received over 2,684 views! Other stuff that, it seems to me, is far more important is far less popular. I’m not [...]

From Decline to Growth – 3

Just A Little More on Assembly

   Much thanks to my brother in Christ Duane Morgan for his response to my article. (See his comment on “The Worship Myth.”) There is no one I respect and admire more than this brother whose whole heart is given to God and whose only desire is [...]

Restoring the Treasure

              Sailing ships, treasure, and the sea hold a special fascination for me.  If you take National Geographic Magazine you have probably noticed the articles about ancient wrecks.  Explorers and treasure-hunters discover them.  Archaeologists painstakingly salvage their treasure and artifacts.  It doesn’t seem to matter how old the shipwreck, if anything was on board [...]