Today is my parents’ 53 wedding anniversary. It is clearer to me today than ever before of what a picture of enduring love looks like. It’s more romantic than storybook fables and youthful infatuation filled with dreams of grandeur.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
God sovereignly and supernaturally supervises all seasons of suffering in our lives for His glory for the furtherance of the Gospel and the encouragement of other believers. Join me on July 26, 2014 at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship in Twin Falls,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Prayer Vigil Noon on Friday, September 26, 2014 Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Twin Falls, Idaho Join me in prayer for Saeed Abedini, American pastor jailed in Iran for past two years. Christians in the Twin Falls area are invited to devote the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
CitizenLink reports that “family breakdown” costs taxpayers approx $112 billion per year in America. Read that sentence again… That’s $1 trillion per decade. Part of this financial burden on the government comes from... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Mail targeted to pastors is among the most interesting advertisements I get. Likely because I’m a pastor. It is interesting how direct marketing really is direct. I just received an advertisement claiming that “70% of people give a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The next time you have a craving for Chunky Monkey ice cream be sure to stop by the Sock Monkey first and get you a pair of socks to keep you warm while enjoying said ice cream. I’ve shared a link to the Sock Monkey before but now he’s... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Why don’t we call it what it is? “subverted, perverse, fickle, wavering…” I know why, Free-will sounds so much more attractive to our subverted, perverse, fickle, wavering, sinful nature. “The very name, Free-will, was... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The first of “50 People Every Christian Should Know”, Warren Wiersbe publishes a short biographical sketch of Katherine von Bora. I did not recognize the name immediately, but within moments I recalled the beloved wife of that courageous... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Of all the instructions in the New Testament about marriage, no where is a wife commanded to “love her husband.” It would be wrong for a wife not to love her husband, but we only find the command verbalized to men. Ephesians 5:25,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The Bible is sufficient for the church. The new president of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention put it this way in a recent interview after his appointment as lead of the IMB. [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
