OK, so I had an old E*Trade account from my computer industry days. It still had $126 in it, and E*Trade started charging me a fee of $40/quarter for the privilege of possibly doing business with them in the future. So I decided to close my account and transfer the money out. Today, three weeks [...]
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Lately, I’ve been doing a decent job of doing some light weight training on a semi-regular basis (boy, that sentence don’t claim a lot, does it?) Anyway, every so often, I bump up my weights, and I can really “feel the burn” as my muscles work harder than they’re accustomed to working. There’s something satisfying [...]
Mark 15:15 says, “Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.”
Last spring another pastor said that he had a word for me: ”God has your ministry on hold until you can stop worryign about what other people think.” OUCH! Do I really let [...]
I’m on my way home from the Presbyterian Church’s Evangelism Conference. It’s clear to me that evangelism has really changed since the days when you could follow a script or hand people a booklet and they would make a decision to be a Christian. These days it’s all about having relationships with people and about [...]
The Bible’s book of Revelation is a tough nut to crack. To figure out what it meant to its readers, you have to understand all kinds of allusions, several literary genres, and a ton of historical context. I will not be doing that today
Instead I’m looking at a popular interpretation of Revelation 13:16-17
“He [...]