The greatest lessons I learn about the gospel are found in relationship with other people. Not just believers but in every relationship. The lepers, the Pharisees, the prostitutes, the wasted and the weary– they’re all right here today. I learn best about the gospel when I am under oppression, when I realize my own failures…
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The Baptist Futurist
Here’s a great conversation with Chris Forbes on churches, cooperation, and the future.
I am Clay
My life is on the wheel…Earthbound clay Spinning. Wondering. Why are His hands changing me? With purpose What is He creating in me? What does He see? Is there a purpose in the pain? Stretching, sensing, swirling, struggling I’m smaller than I used to be, it seems The Mosaic of broken dreams I’m dizzy with change…
cloud of witnesses
some plan their own phantasmagorical funeral preacher boys with stories that’d make everyone cry. even mother-in-laws and accountants I have different plans on that day. when i die I’ll watch my father sling jawbones with samson both made it in the door by the grace of God same as noah he found grace he discovered…
You must wait.
You’re in a pit and wondering if this is the place you’ll die. You must wait. They accuse and convict you. The slam the door. Nothing seems to be happening. You lost your last appeal and the lawyer wants his money. You must wait. You are scrubbing the floors in a corrupt palace where money…
Jonah and the Worm
We remember “Jonah and the Whale,” but I’m intrigued by another much lesser character- An itty-bitty worm. “So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.” Jonah 4:7 Notice that it’s not 1000 worms. That would seem to be what…
60 Years
60 years most of them (I would claim) lagniappe something extra, but never promised. I could have found my resting place in 1983 as a log truck (sans lights), barreled down Hwy 165 in North Louisiana. I pulled onto the road, and for some odd reason on a moonless night, I hit the brakes as…
That Click
Throughout most of the story, he is simply waiting for “the click” and that momentary ephemeral peace he craves.
Everybody Needs a Good Best Friend
Isn’t it inspiring when we see Forrest Gump running through the battlefield as bombs explode carrying his pal Bubba? We have to smile when we hear those simple, loving words, “Bubba was my best good friend, and even I know that ain’t just something you can find around the corner.” It’s true. Good best friends…
The Unashamed Deacon
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that we live in a time when society is trying its dead-level best to mute the voices of believers. With even greater frequency, we experience a fear of walking boldly with Christ. And what does walking boldly actually mean? Does it mean a fish decal on our car?…