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A friend of mine, a retired 76 year old pastor, with 21 others, was deprived of his right to exercise the gifts and spiritual authority conferred in ordination by his denomination. No specific grounds were cited, no offenses defined, no complaints explained, no acts...
WHAT TO DO IN A LIFE FULL OF PAIN AND THE FUTURE SEEMS BLEAK?
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “Don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too.” (Matthew 6:4 LB) “God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” (The Message) Jesus seems to be saying that we can...
THE CHALLENGE OF TRUSTING GOD
Jesus teaches us in the Sermon on the Mount: “Don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too.” (Matthew 6:34 LB) “God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” (The Message) The implications of that promise...
NATURAL DISASTERS
The recent flash flood in the Texas Hill country where many campers were drowned has affected many of us who know the area well and have enjoyed visiting there. When we lived in San Antonio we enjoyed the Guadalupe River and the countryside around it. We also...
REVELATION
This Fall I will be facilitating a Men's Group on Tuesday mornings at Amelia Plantation Chapel, studying the last book of the Bible, Revelation. We will be meeting in the Library of the Chapel at 10.30 a.m. All men who are interested are welcome to attend. To pique...
THE TEACHING OF JOHN STOTT
My book, JOHN STOTT: A Summary of his Teaching, which was published in 2021 has been re-issued by Langham Publishing in their Langham Global Library imprint on June 30, 2025. John Stott (1921-2011) was a popular and respected evangelical Anglican, pastor, preacher,...
WHAT A JOURNEY!
Sohrab Ahmari has had a fascinating life. Born and raised in Iran, where his parents were part of the secular professional class, he rejected the Islamic faith of the mullahs with its censorious condemnation of daily life. He found its teaching and practice full of...
GOD AND CAESAR
In an interview David McCullough lamented the lack of sense of our history today after a student from a prestigious college remarked that she did not realize that all the original thirteen colonies were on the east coast! One summer my wife and I drove to Maryland to...
THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD
And now [in conclusion], these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor.13:13 These three qualities are commonly listed together in the New Testament. They form a trinity of virtues which are to be desired in all believers. The...
LORD OF THE WORLD
Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) wrote a dystopian novel, LORD OF THE WORLD, in 1907. It has become well-known in our day through being rediscovered and commended by Popes Francis and Leo. Despite it being written more than a century ago it imagines a world of rapid...
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