Why I did it? On Accepting the Call to RTS
Is it something in the water? As of late, a string of pastors, some of whom are friends, have left their churches to teach…
Interviews
The Art of Letting Go: Entrusting a Church into His Good Hands
I am in my last days as senior pastor of our church. It’s been a season of final meetings, final services, final get-togethers and…
Blessed With A Great Mom
Proverbs 1.8 “do not forsake you mother’s teaching. . . .” Her name is Margaret Hildegard Schnell. Schnell means “quick” in German. She has…
My Last Day on Pastoral Call
This week I had my last day on pastoral call as I prepare to leave our church and take a new position as seminary…
Singing Praise to God with Saints and Angels: THE DOXOLOGY
If you answer the question honestly, you might draw strange looks. The question being—what else did you do in church today? The proper response…
Growing Spiritually During Holy Week
Do you observe Holy Week? One third of Jesus’ teaching focus on this week. One third of his works took place during this week.…
The ESV Study Bible and The Book of Eli
Let me warn you at the outset, THE BOOK OF ELI is an R rated film. It is raw. It is violent. It has…
Creation, Fall, Redemption and Sea World
In our November visit to Sea World, my daughter left with a stuffed Shamu (that’s the collective show name for the giant killer whales…
Why Missions?
This weekend we had our church’s foreign missions banquet. We call it “world outreach” these days. But whatever we call it, it is important…
Lisbon and Haiti, God and Earthquakes, Part 1
As Haiti’s mass graves swell, the Haitian government estimates that the death toll will reach 200,000. If that proves to be true, it will…