I love Freebie Fridays! It is my pleasure again to offer to my readers another ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTING. I painted this yesterday just for my readers. I call it “Stars and Birches”. Lisa calls it “exquisite”. It is an original watercolor (not a copy or print!) on Arches archival paper, measuring approximately 3″x5.5″ (7.5cm x 14cm). Click on the image to get a bigger picture. Scroll down to see how you can win this painting! All you have to do... Read more
On Tuesday, May 25, I fly to Miami, where I’ll overnight before heading to Port-au-Prince on Wednesday the 26th. I’m going with a team of church leaders, church bloggers, and radio voices. We’re going to connect with pastors and work out more details in the Adventures in Missions, Church Partnership Program, called the “Isaiah 58 project”, which will pair up Haitian churches with American churches, and churches from anywhere in the world, for prayer, encouragement, community development and rebuilding, and... Read more
Lisa and I just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. We have loved each other for over 31 years. What has kept us together for so long? What makes us a happily married couple? Is it compatibility? People who know us know that we are very different people. Some would even call us incompatible. Is it because we agree on major issues? No. We disagree on all kinds of things. She has her way of thinking and I have mine, and... Read more
I want to take a moment to examine the Z-theory’s relationship to the Apostles’ Creed. Of course this is not comprehensive. This is a verbal sketch. We can see along the top: I believe in God. It expands upon what this means: the Father (compassion, love, concern, care); Almighty (the Ultimate, all-powerful, over all, in all, through all things, the Supreme); creator of heaven and earth (the source, the infinite unfathomable ground zero). We see the downward section: I believe... Read more
What is most dangerous to the church? What is the most wicked weed and the most wily wolf? What weed looks delicious but is a terrible poison? What wolf wears the most convincing sheep costume to worm its way into the flock, its very food? Over the many years I have been in the ministry, this is what I’ve concluded is most dangerous: Not sin. Not poverty. Not corruption. Not persecution. Not bad pastors. Not even poor theology. We will... Read more
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