It's Like Herding Cats

"13 "You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it useful again? It will be thro...

I'm beginning to think that the only one who could preach the sermon on the Mount was Jesus. Spent hour upon hour this week in backgroun...

"once more into the breach, men." Tomorrow I bring the Sermon on the Mount to the people - again. My wife told me that when she he...

Ephesians 5:2 (The Message) 2 Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us...

What to do When Your Resources Are Low Who knew? I was minding my own business this morning, working on a sermon series, looking at PowerPoi...

What To Give God (Who Has Everything ) It's been an interesting week. Back and forth to Macon, GA to be with my father as he awaited a...

It's Not About You If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with th...

Tear Down the Walls "For you ignore God's specific laws and substitute your own traditions." Mark 7:8 One of the most vivid...

"Till My Trophies At Last I Lay Down" Henley the big black dog and I were walking this morning, and it being Tuesday in Valparais...

"I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men." RICHARD BAXTER I've spent a lot of time lately ar...

No person is an island entire of itself. Every person is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, ...

There are good times and there are bad times in any area of life. The ministry isn't any different. On some days, it's glorious to b...

A Living Illustration My friend, the right reverend Arnold Hendrix, called me a "story teller" today. Now before you get all thir...

Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. Philippians 3:17 (New Living Transla...

It Moves Me Living in Florida has done a lot of things to me. I've learned that jeans are for dressing up, that shorts can be worn year...

On the way to the church today, fashionably late, and already thinking about the day, I reached my last turn and was blocked by men, trucks,...

Having the best job in the world is a great feeling. But if you do it long enough there will be times when you just aren't "up...

I can't tell you how happy I am to learn that many members of your congregation are diligent in living out the Truth, exactly as command...

We're All Learning How does God do it? I'm sitting here this afternoon on a pretty quiet Friday, and in the sanctuary, separated f...

Comings and Goings Well, as I sit here tonight, fresh from another brush with a Hurricane - in this case Dennis - life is as good as Florid...