If you’ll bear with me, I think that I’ll start fashioning a blog miniseries focused on why the first chapters of the Bible really matter. So we’ll make this blog posting Part One. I’m motivated to some degree by all of the current…

It’s great to live again in a city with professional sports franchises, and here we are in the center of Smashville! Tonight at dinner with friends from church we were talking about the fun, excitement, and overall energy which the…

I saw on Twitter something which caught my eye. Along with a short video, Zach Ragan tweeted: “Hendon Hooker has gotta have some gospel music going before he runs out of the T.” Apparently U.T.’s senior quarterback gets ready for a…

I probably don’t have to tell you how important it is that we are able to distinguish the law from the gospel. Salvation comes to us by faith alone in Christ alone, and so it’s crucial that we never confuse…

I was a huge fan of Queen Elizabeth II, and I was a fan on four different personal levels. As a British history junkie, I was always fascinated by her willingness to assume so much responsibility at such a young…

My friend David Gagel is refreshing my love for the psalms. Each morning he sends me a verse or two to contemplate, and with which to start my day, and I’ve decided that God’s songbook is the best one on…

Most of us remember that line from the classic hymn, Great Is Thy Faithfulness: “Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow …” Now “hope for tomorrow” sounds like an awesome thing – I’ll give you that – but I’m beginning to conclude that most…

The older I get, the more I miss some of the more stabilizing influences of my past. Perhaps you can relate. When there’s no running water in the hospital in Jackson, Mississippi … and when Russia’s being Russia and China’s…

I just read a rather startling statistic from Lifeway Research: 27% of Protestant pastors in the U.S. report that they’ve observed church members or attendees “methodically deconstruct” their Christian faith within the last two years. This may explain, at least…

Critical Race Theory. Is it just a trending intellectual fad? A helpful tool for understanding race relations? A harmless philosophy unlikely to leave any lasting imprint? Regrettably, my answers are no, no, and no. It would be so much more…