Genesis chapter 4 is the story of Cain and Abel. It is a story that we have probably known since childhood. I can remember the picture Bible that I had. In it was a page about Cain and Abel, arguing in a field before the murder occurred. My Sunday school instruction was focused on that…
Written many years ago, sometimes it’s good to reflect on past experiences. These days I am having to learn lessons about acceptance. It is February in New Jersey. We are having the worst winter anyone around here can remember. My car is stuck in the ice (and had been for some days now). Schools are…
Attentive reader John McNear informed me that Disc 3 and Disc 4 of Galatians were switched. I fixed the audio files and re-uploaded them to the Galatians page. Thanks John.
Are you salt? Jesus used this metaphor to help us understand the effect that we are to have on the surrounding culture. We are not to be unnoticed, blended consistency. We are supposed to make a difference – a difference that is immediately detected. Christians flavor life with a God-perspective. You probably agree. What’s the…
The war is coming. It is not a war that will be fought with tanks and smart bombs. It is a war that will be fought in the shops and the boardrooms, in the PTA and the city council. It is the values war. We have seen only the first skirmishes of this worldwide battle. …
Sometimes I think we get the idea that God leaves us in the dark on purpose. We have the bump-into-things view of faith, like walking through a room with the lights off. This morning my wife and I read our devotional page from Oswald Chambers’ book. We talked about our current situation. Nothing seems to…
Newsweek: Law-Enforcement Officials Note Marked Nationwide Increase in Teen Prostitution Over the last year, local and federal law-enforcement officials say they have noted a marked increase in teen prostitution in cities across the country. They are increasingly alarmed by the trend lines: the kids are getting younger; according to the FBI, the average age of…
At last, the complete edition of Today’s Word 2009 is ready for download. The whole year is available as a Microsoft WORD file. You can search any word or verse and print any of the 607 pages. Please click here to download.
For nearly a year, I lead a group in Winter Garden, Florida, in a study of the book of Galatians. We went verse-by-verse, word-by-word through this crucial letter, examining the issue of law and grace from a rabbinic perspective. Now Patrick has faithfully produced a 23 disc series of the recorded teaching from that study….
I am requesting the prayers of our community, specifically for my mom, but also for my siblings and myself. My mom has been in the hospital for four days, and she is only deteriorating. The many medical procedures required are torture for her, and this morning she asked me to call her minister and meet…
