As I sit in my home on a beautiful day in Midwest America it is difficult to grasp that this kind of thing is going on somewhere else for the sake of the gospel.  We often find it difficult to show up for a worship service or to give a little more money, [...]

A friend emailed me the this letter by John Piper on the recent court ruling on partial birth abortions. Now I find myself just sitting in my office chair, it is difficult to move. There is a empty feeling of great weight holding me to my chair. Today I felt that I had to bear [...]

One of the beauties of “Meet the Puritans” is that you get to do just that, meet many puritans that are less known or all but lost. One of these is Andrew Gray. The limited knowledge and familiarity with Gray results more from the fact that he only lived to be 22, than his lack [...]

Recently several young couples in our church went through half of the video series on Shepherding a Child’s Heart. It was convicting and encouraging then, but more convicting today. He often taught about listening to our children. He encourages parents to ask questions and find out what the deeper issues are rather than provoking our [...]

Here is a blip from a recent article found on Dr. Al Mohler’s  blog. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played the media like a musical instrument, greeting the captives just prior to their release. The Muslim world loved it. Tragically, the most damaging element of Ahmadinejad’s media triumph was handed to him by the Royal Navy [...]

Ben Hoak has a great post today that is worth reading and considering. It deals with a convicted child molester who now wants to join a church. It is creating a stir in the small congregation. Here is the full article. It is called “Sex Offenders Test Churches’ Core Beliefs”, namely, grace and forgiveness.

We have returned from our vacation and yesterday was a catch up day around the house.  There were many projects I completed before I left, but one remained undone, fixing the barn door.  I had been putting this project off for sometime now, about a year, but I finally decided I was tired of the [...]

If you only read a handful of Puritans Gurnall should be one of them.  His work, The Christian in Complete Armour, is an essential work on the subject of spiritual warfare.  It is available in three volumes from Banner of Truth and condensed into a helpful devotional by Moody Press.  This work is endorsed by [...]