The Life Group I lead on Sundays after worship is studying through the book, The Gospel Way Catechism by Trevin Wax and Thomas West. It isn’t just a basic catechism where we learn doctrinal truths by rote, but instead a countercultural catechism from which we learn the same truths of age-old catechisms, but with an…
In my office I keep a file of memory cards from funerals, celebrations of life, and memorial services I have attended or participated in over the years. The file just continues to grow year by year, once again reminding me that all men (and women) die. I have a card from Theresa, who died in a…
When is it the right time to do the right thing? Seems like an easy question, huh? I mean, isn’t it always the right time to do the right thing? If so, why don’t we do it? Why do we continue in patterns of destructive behavior — sin — when we know it isn’t the right…
“Live in such a way that it requires a Jesus explanation for why you do (live that way).” Does that make you stop and think? There are people who don’t believe in Jesus but attend church, offer help and serve others in need, give to charities, read the Bible, and in general are very nice…
