I love learning. I could be in a classroom for the rest of my life. Especially with cohorts in a real classroom (compared to online) with a professor-in-the-flesh who enjoys hanging around after class to process what he/she has just…
It was one of those experiences I'll never forget. Two of my colleagues and I were visiting Jordan to explore the possibility of our church getting involved in mission work there. We had been assigned a driver for the duration…
Looking back on my life, I realize now that I grew up in South Africa in the environment of an on-going revival. The revival had begun in my father's heart, and then in the church he was pastoring at the…
Sounds academic. Maybe too academic for you to bother with. But, before you tune me out, or click out of this blog, you may want to think twice. The enemy is using the absence of dialogical tension in our world…
There is a deep desire in all of us to be known- to know and be known. Could it be that this is our human nature? It wouldn’t be surprising. We are created in the image of God…and God created…
I love the grace of God! Couldn't survive without the grace of God. Dean Sherman, one of my favorite of all time Bible teachers, preaches about grace being real stuff, with substance, cut exactly to the size of our need…
The story of Uzzah has always bothered me. It seems so extreme. On the surface, it appears that if you or I had been assigned the care of the Ark of the God, stopping it from falling off a wagon…
Ran into a verse in Acts this morning I don’t ever remember reading before. Paul is on his way to Jerusalem. In fact, Acts 20:22 tells us the he is “bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem.” But, in…
Is anyone ever helped by religion? The answer is clearly a resounding no! One of the best examples of its futility to bring about any significant hope or joy is found in the first three decades of John Wesley’s life…
