Yesterday's message ... Concluded a series on marriage by talking about parenting;Did NOT depend on Deuteronomy 6:4-8 to do so!! (Inside joke for preachers and/or long time church go-ers there);Shared the resource of www.thebibleproject.com;Landed at this bottom line:...
Guess Who Won A Spelling Bee?
My 103 year old mother, at her Assisted Living Facility in Buda, Texas. And here's the proof:
A Box Set … And Other “Box Sets” I Keep
While on this quick trip to the Texas Hill Country visiting my mother and her new assisted living facility, I decided to decorate her room in the best way I knew how. With a box set of these five books from Abingdon Press. It's like I told her: "Mom, it's just like a...
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Bible Verses I’d Memorize If I Was Just Now Starting To Memorize Bible Verses
How's that for a title? Now: memorizing bible verses can be a mixed blessing. We don't want to take verses out of their context. It's important to read the bible, not just its verses. However, in times of crisis and confusion -- or simply for personal growth -- there...
Take Out
No sermon rewind today. No sermon yesterday. Instead, Julie and I were interviewed by Devin Tharp on how we have managed and enjoyed a 35 year marriage. At the conclusion we distributed hundreds of Take Out cartons. Instead there was NO sweet & sour chicken....
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Week 3 — “Take Out”
A first of its kind this Sunday. OK, two firsts of its/their kind this Sunday. For the message, my wife Julie and I will be interviewed by Devin Tharp on the highs and lows, ins and outs, and ups and downs of a 35 year marriage. We'll talk about how as single people...
What Happens When Faith “Starts At Home”
One of our great goals for a living relationship with Jesus Christ is that faith will "start at home." Regardless of family configuration, we believe that faith begins in the home and not at the church. And it's a beautiful things to see when it comes to pass. Here's...
The Intersection Of A Future Sermon Series And A Former Senior Thesis
Here's a window into November at Good Shepherd: we are calling the sermon series that month The Trust Factor and it will spend four weeks plumbing the depths of two bible verses. Huh? When those two verses are Proverbs 3:5-6, you see why so few words are worthy of so...
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reasons To Prepare And Not Use A Sermon Manuscript
As a lot of you know, I write a sermon manuscript virtually every week. I am able to work several weeks ahead, so while I write one almost every week, it's not the one I'll deliver that coming Sunday. That one, of course, has been written several weeks earlier. But...
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Week 2 — The “Back To The Drawing Board” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday's message ... Talked about Jack & Rose on the Titanic, Johnny & Maria in West Side Story, and me and Brooke Shields in college. Really.Gave this bit of free advice: some people ask questions not because they want answers but because they want an...