My thoughts these days are drifting back to prayer. I want to point your attention to Read the rest of this entry…

The other day I drove all the way to my office, parked the car, and then realized that I had left my glasses at home. So, I started the car again, and drove home to get them. No use trying to work without them! Read the rest of this entry…

Is it possible for something to be easy and difficult? I think of prayer that way. Read the rest of this entry…

John Brand, a friend of mine who is the principal of Faith Mission Bible College and is a gifted Bible teacher, recently interviewed me for his website which deals with expository preaching. I thought you might be interested to read that interview. If you are, click here.

In my last entry on this blog site I said, “Any discontent we feel is a signal to us that we are misplacing our trust.” I’d like to elaborate on that today. Read the rest of this entry…

It could be something small or large. It could be that the thing is right in front of you, or perhaps you’re looking at a picture of it in a catalog. But the inner sensation is the same. You feel a pull to get that item. Or, if it is way too expensive for you to afford, you feel a discontent in not having it. You want it and that desire to have it affects your happiness. What is going on in your heart? Read the rest of this entry…

The year 2010 has been a busy one for my household - we had three graduations! My son graduated from college, one daughter from high school, and I finally finished my PhD in Theology!  Although the attention in our home is rightly focused on the accomplishments of our children, my wife and I occasionally exchange a look that says, “Yes! We are finally finished the PhD!”

It took me nine years of official work and even longer if you count some preliminary studies. It started when we lived in Africa and spanned the first eight years of our time back in the U.S. I never was able to devote my sole attention to it - I was working full-time and squeezing the studies into the “cracks” of time between work and family responsibilities. More than once I questioned whether I would actually succeed. In those times I asked myself again, “Why are you doing this?” For those in the church which I pastor you may be interested in the answer to that question. So here goes… Read the rest of this entry…

I remember that I was studying “Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer” during the time that my first-born was readying himself to leave home. Read the rest of this entry…

We’ve been thinking about the essence of true worship - that true worship is to be in spirit and in truth. But we must then ask the next question: So what? Read the rest of this entry…

Jesus says that the essence of true worship is that it is Read the rest of this entry…