The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson is about two very different men who are both diagnosed with terminal diseases. One of the men, upon learning of his condition, decides to draft a “bucket list.” The list would include achievements and things to see before he “kicks the bucket.” After viewing the film,Continue reading “THE BUCKET LIST”
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The Puritanical Genius of Mike Pence
A well-known Washington Post article revealed some fascinating tidbits about Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen. At the top of the list, was Pence’s proclamation in 2002 that, “he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife.”1 The article revealed what many Americans have learned in recent months about Mike andContinue reading “The Puritanical Genius of Mike Pence”
All Torn Up
I cannot get the image out of my mind. It keeps playing back in slow motion, like Joe Montana hurling a football into the end zone to Jerry Rice. But 70,000 fans are not screaming. Instead, millions of Americans are horrified. Nancy Pelosi is ripping the State of the Union Address to shreds. Slowly. Deliberately.Continue reading “All Torn Up”
Steal Away Home – Matt Carter and Aaron Ivey (2017)
The White Flag: When Compromise Cripples the Church – Foreword
Peacetime Christianity does not exist. Not yet anyway. Not as long as we wage war with the world, the flesh, and the devil. Until Jesus comes back, the battle rages and there are no days off. Not everyone sees it this way, of course. I remember in my first pastorate when a deacon told meContinue reading “The White Flag: When Compromise Cripples the Church – Foreword”
THE UNQUENCHABLE FLAME: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation – Michael Reeves (2009)
The Eclipse of the Gospel and the School of Hard Knox
A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin by David S. Steele
A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin
My recent book, A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin is available now! Here’s a brief synopsis. “… But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word” (Isaiah 66:2). A Godward Gaze is a snapshot of a man onContinue reading “A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin”
No Final Conflict – Francis Schaeffer (1975)
“It is my conviction that the crucial area of discussion for evangelicalism in the next years will be Scripture. At stake is whether evangelicalism will remain evangelical.” So stated Francis Schaeffer in his 1975 landmine, No Final Conflict. While this treasure was penned over forty years ago, it remains relevant and applicable to 21st-century culture.Continue reading “No Final Conflict – Francis Schaeffer (1975)”