If you studied Classics you are probably familiar with The History of the Peloponnesian War written in 431 BC by Thucydides. However, if you are…
I launched out like a sailor of the wind, a pneumanaut, not knowing where the thermals might set me down. No one was worried about…
One of my favorite books in the bible is the book of Deuteronomy. A key to understanding the book is understanding the context. Here is…
Therapy is way more than a toolbox of intervention. Information alone cannot replace professional help. However, information can be very powerful. So, for what it’s…
Probably most of us have heard of Jim Collins’ bestselling book from 2001, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t. It…
Emily recently wrote about Mary the mother of Jesus as a type of Christ carrier for all of us to model ourselves after. There are…
As I have mentioned before, my Grandpa was a gregarious and boisterous coal-miner-turned-Pentecostal-preacher from the Appalachian mountains. There was nothing subtle about him. He would…
Easter is a celebration, and rightly so. At the core of the Kerygma proclaimed by Jesus and His disciples is the death, burial and resurrection…
I want to say this up front. I am challenged by what follows. In fact, I don’t really like today’s post. As I contemplate it…
Over the course of my lifetime some much needed teaching on intimacy with God has been produced. One of the reasons so much has been…
There is a good bit of repetition in the gospels, stories that are told more than once. This is especially true in the Synoptic gospels…
A Twitter friend of mine who pastors in Germany, Phillip Burton (@ktownpastor), sent out this tweet yesterday that got me thinking: It’s always interesting to me how…
I have a confession to make. I have always struggled with the concept of the Holy Spirit. That might not sound like a big deal,…
In the New Testament the Greek word for ‘one another’ is allelon (this word was first highlighted to me by these folks). It was repeatedly used…
Yesterday I wrote on teamwork, but if you read the article you know that was just a different way of saying that everyone needs to…