The subject: sleep. Now, talk among yourselves. We all sleep so we all have something to say. Sometimes it is a hassle; sometimes it is a delight. Why do we even sleep? After decades of research, its actual purpose is a mystery. Will we sleep in heaven? Some love the...
Many years ago I had a part time job helping a quadriplegic man get up in the morning and get ready for work. Every day I would get him out of bed, into the shower, clothe him, feed him breakfast and see him off to work. One morning I arrived to find him in bed...
Throughout the ad a clip is repeated of Webster saying, “My wife should submit to me”. In fact, it is an edited version of a speech in which Webster said that when picking verses in the Bible men should not choose the one that says wives should submit to...
Let’s say that you have an opportunity to speak about Christ to a very influential couple. They pursue you. “Tell us more about this Jesus,” they say. You have to choose your words wisely or like the old Gong Show, they might become offended or bored and immediately...
There is something about Africa that opens our eyes to spiritual warfare. I recently spent two weeks in Swaziland with a mission team from our church. Swaziland is a New Jersey-sized kingdom surrounded on three sides by South Africa and on one by Mozambique. This was...
This week we are away at the annual NANC conference. We will be rerunning some of the most important blogs from this past summer. As we said at the beginning of this series, we are not surprised by the criticism we receive from those who are immersed in secular...
