Saturday (June 20, 2015) in the Twin Falls – Times News my monthly column was published entitled “We Are Like Dead Men”. This opportunity in the local paper is one…
I’ll Miss that Three Minute Conversation
Disclaimer: I realize that when speaking about someone who has died there is a tendency to speak with a more grandiose tone than real reality and a tendency to overlook…
A Good Day to Be the Church
This week in Columbus, OH: Bold resolutions proposed and accepted by messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention. They are kind of lengthy at times but insightful and helpful. If you…
Living in John Bunyan’s “Vanity Fair”
It is the allegorical ancient town of Vanity Fair that John Bunyan describes an atmosphere where “jugglings, cheats, games, plays, fools, apes, knaves, rogues, and that of all sorts,” were…
Southern Idaho Bible Lecture Series
The Southern Idaho Bible Lecture Series continued over the weekend. Sunday, May 31, 2015 Paul Thompson (Eastside Baptist Church) and Bear Morton (Magic Valley Bible Church) picked up the topic of…
The Plague of the Christian Celebrity Culture
There may be a plague in the land. Consider this… If I were to secure a popular Christian musician to be present at a Wednesday night at Eastside Baptist Church (the…
Behold Your God
This past Sunday evening I finished a 12 week bible study with several people at Eastside Baptist Church. I want to take just a moment and give a short review…
Cheap Prayer
(Edited at 10:19 p.m. on May 21, 2015 for grammar and clarity or for butchering the kings English.) Any prayer that asks God for something and then has no expectation…
the Inerrancy of Scripture
Definitions Are Important
Because my office number is forwarded to my mobile phone I get the normal telemarketer calls that come to the church office even when I’m away from my office. This…