The second sports story for today is an extension of an illustration from this morning’s sermon on the church of Laodicea, whose self-sufficiency and apathy were criticized by Jesus in the book of Revelation.
On Monday morning, how many of you hear your friends talking about the football games – college, NFL or otherwise – from [...]

[Advance apologies for readers who don't appreciate stories from the arena of sport. However, I've had several things come my way - or back to mind - in the past day, each of which seems relevant to recent discussions on Christian living...]
In a blast from the past this weekend, I ran into a few [...]

As Christians, we read in the Hebrew Scriptures (which we refer to, somewhat incorrectly, as the Old Testament) that the children of Israel were God’s “chosen” people. This “chosen”-ness often accompanies confusion, as Christians read it. Chosen for what? Too often, I hear people assume that this “chosen”-ness means that, before Christ, [...]

It has been ten years… 
So much has changed in my life.  So much is different now.  But that day ten years ago, September 19, 1997, sometimes still hurts like it was yesterday.
When I look back at myself, 25 years ago, with the eyes of today – a parent, a husband, a follower of Christ – [...]

OK, I normally don’t do this (recommend anything from South Park), but a friend of mine said that I had to see the history of Mormonism as told by South Park.  There is one use of the word ‘ass’ at the end of the clip, but other than that, it does match historically, and gives [...]