This story appeared in the June version of the Asbury Seminary Alumni e-magazine: Asbury ConnectionSend to Kindleby Talbot Davis, MDiv, 1990In September of 1987, Talbot Davis and Brent Burdick both arrived on the campus of Asbury Seminary. Talbot came from New...
If you follow this blog at all, you know that music plays a larger role in my life than film.Now: I like movies. Julie and I go to them on some occasions and even do this newfangled Pay-Per-View on others.Yet the list of movies I haven't seen is maybe more, um,...
Julie and I spent this past weekend in Princeton, New Jersey, celebrating her 30th college reunion.We made the same trip in 2008 when we celebrated her 25th, and at that time I posted some thoughts here.We met on that college campus, got married in that college...
Easter in June?Actually, every Sunday is a celebration of resurrection.This Sunday, we'll dig deep into resurrection's truth and its power.And as we dig deep, we'll be raised high.Because what happened to Jesus and his body will one day happen to us and our bodies.The...
Psalm 37:4 says this:Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.At first glance, the self-absorption of those words raises all kinds of questions. What if my heart's desire is to make a ton of money and keep it all for...
While I was rummaging through an old photo album, I came across some very funny pictures from when I was 16:These come from the semi-final match of the 1978 Texas State Championship for Boys' 16-and-under, played that year in the heat of San Antonio.In the top photo...
The Memorial Day weekend is typically that time when classic rock stations air their countdowns of the "greatest rock songs of all time." Inspired by the Indianapolis 500 auto race, some stations go from 500 all the way down to Number One. Others have more modest...
In one of the most memorably ironic moments in all of Scripture, Pontius Pilate washes his hands of Jesus and declares to the mob:“I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!” (Matthew 27:24) The irony, of course, is that...
I have been wrestling recently with the different roles that I have played in the different sermon series of 2013.Not that I have been different people or that I am merely acting a part.It's just that different series demand distinct aspects of the pastoral...
Monday's post gave the background for and manuscript of Sunday's sermon called Conceived By The Holy Spirit, Born Of The Virgin Mary.The hook, as you may recall, was Luke's slightly sarcastic, thoroughly in-your-face comment: "He was the son, so it was...