Join me this month for daily meditations and devotion on the Fear of God. The National Center for Family Integrated Churches has produced this resource to help followers of Christ focus on a forgotten discipline in many lives of Christians and lost... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Last October (2015) I had the occasion to attend and participate in the “Holiness of God” conference hosted at Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina. I had two speaking duties; this one was at a men and boys lunch “the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
A life well lived is a life lived by principle. It was July 17, 2004 south of Hansen, ID where I participated in a blessed day of the marriage of Ryan and Amie Franklin. It was the public declaration of two young adults bravely declaring they would... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
From the Circuit Rider’s Library Sermon Title: The Centrality and Sufficiency of the Scriptures The sermon was prepared on Tuesday August 20, 1974 and preached in Rifle, Colorado at the Rifle Southern Baptist Chapel. What is unclear at this... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Dear Church family, This morning Ryan Franklin was killed while riding his bicycle. A car hit him. I just wanted to encourage you as you begin to hear this news. I caught up with Chuck and Sheri this morning at their home and later sat down with... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
It’s been a few years since I’ve mentioned my postcard collection so I thought I would remind some readers who know but have forgotten and inform some new readers that I have a project I’ve been doing since I was a boy in Rifle,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
It’s hard not to want to memorialize life unfairly. So… I have a personal duty I’ve set before me to begin a journey through the sermons of my dad/pastor. For the first time after opening the box of my dad’s sermons last year... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Who’s America are we living in? What is happening right before our very eyes? I have many things to say and all of them are being said by many others as well, but what woman in the nation, in her right thinking mind would feel safe in a public... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Last night (4/19/16) I met up with John Martinez, Steve McMullin and Bradley Kinch again to process through and think about the whole of the worship gathering of the Lord’s people and what is required of those who lead out in the gathering. We... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Several things are clear when it comes to the church and abuse in the home: the church really isn’t prepared to know what to do. It’s almost like she doesn’t even want to know. Let me say this first and then I’ll move into a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
