“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”  Woodrow Wilson “There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.” Churchill Change. That word frightens many. Some things do not change. A “C Major” chord sounds the same anywhere on the globe. Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit at sea [...]

This week in evangelism class (and wow do I love this evangelism class!) we covered the subject I believe to be the most important regarding how we go about our daily life of witnessing. Ironically, we said virtually nothing explicitly about evangelism in the discussion. We talked about the character of the witness, taking our [...]

This week I had the rare honor of speaking in chapel (on seminary day, no less) at Union University. Union is one of the greatest if not the greatest Baptist university anywhere, so I thoroughly enjoyed preaching to the students and meeting several of the faculty, including a little time with old friends. I had [...]

“I don’t smoke, drink, cuss or chew, or run around with those who do.” This statement, one of the more popular phrases summarizing the Christian life in my earlier years, demonstrates a disposition toward Christianity that focuses on the outward effects of salvation over the changes in the heart. Both matter, but too often the [...]

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”  Ryunosuke [...]