Boy, I’m glad it’s over.  We voted, we have a new president elect, it is time to move on.  What now?  As the people of God we vote our conscience, we vote our Christian convictions, but I want to remind you, don’t put your trust in any man.  To quote the Russian writer, Ivan Tugenev, I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like.  But I do the what the heart of a good man is like.  And it is t...  Read More

Election day is tomorrow.  I hope that you take your voting privilege as a sacred responsibility.  We are blessed to live in a country that, despite its failings, is a government of the people, by the people and for the people.  We are a representative republic and your vote matters.  So, go to the polls.  Cast your ballot, vote your conscience, let your voice be heard but don’t neglect your great...  Read More

I don’t know about you but I’m going to be so happy when this election cycle is over!  I’m so tired of political adds, emails, news stories with their hype, hyperbole and misinformation.  By the way, the hype and misinformation are not one-sided.  It’s coming from both parties.  I’m tired of the rancor and vitriol.  If I’m to believe what I’m hearing, our democracy is doomed whoever wins.  Both si...  Read More

It was one of my favorite things in the old “Red Green Show” on PBS.  As the men gathered for their lodge meeting, they repeated their oath, “I’m a man.  I can change, if I have to, I guess.”  What is it about our reluctance to admit we are wrong?  This is not a new development.  When God came calling in the Garden of Eden and Adam was confronted about his sin, his response was, “It’s this woman…t...  Read More

Joshua and the people of Israel were on the outskirts of Jericho.  Israel had crossed the Jordan in miraculous fashion and war was just hours away.  Just ahead of the encamped Israelites towered the great city of Jericho.  Most of the Israelites had never seen a walled city.  Joshua was restless.  I’m sure he would have loved to have talked to Moses, but Moses was dead.  The mantle of leadership n...  Read More

Donald McCullough mourned its practice in the mid-nineties.  J.B. Phillips warned of its dangers in the mid-sixties.  Tozer railed against it in the forties.  R.A. Torrey and others sounded the alarm at the turn of the 20th century.  Phillips warned that our God was too small.  Torrey and company called for a return to fundamental truths.  McCullough decried the “trivialization of God.”  They all ...  Read More