The parable of the three servants is a familiar one. A man entrusted his money to his servants while he was gone, giving one five bags of silver, to the second one two bags, and giving the third servant one bag of silver. When he came back he called his servants in for an accounting. [...]

For some time now, LifeChurch.tv has been giving away resources for other churches from their website. Now they have recruited a large group of gifted speakers to contribute (and continue contributing) sermon videos available for free download in multiple formats from VideoTeaching.com. I can’t speak highly enough of those who are willing to share what [...]

Some today preach that God wants all Christians to have financial prosperity on earth, while others call that heresy. Who is right? How do you know? In his book Abusing Scripture, Manfred Brauch tells of many horrible things that have been done in the name of Christianity through the years. He contends, “At the core [...]

It’s as old as the human race. From the very beginning, instead of admitting what he had done Cain tried to get off the hook with, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” The fine art of avoiding blame is something most children start practicing early. But at some point, we are supposed to mature. Did the [...]

Most of us pray for God’s help when we’re having problems. We know that he is our rescuer. But some poignant words in Hosea 11 got my attention this morning: When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt…I myself taught Israel how to walk, leading him along [...]

It has been way too long since my last blog entry. The reason is that I decided to do another video blog…and since I just got Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 I had to try playing with various cuts and splices and still photo inserts and…the bottom line is that creating four minutes of video takes [...]

They have become so routine that we can take them for granted. Today’s jumbo jets are huge engineering marvels that can in just a few seconds accelerate hundreds of people and thousands of pounds of cargo fast enough to lift off the ground and carry them clear across oceans comfortably at speeds of 500-600 miles [...]

I have hesitated to blog about this because I don’t want to seem insensitive, but as CNN and others cover Michael Jackson’s funeral procession I have to ask what this says about our values. This poor confused soul, who appeared to spend much of his life and fortune trying to change his appearance into something [...]