As the end of another year arrives, it is a good time to think about how the end of time will ultimately play out. It seems to me, at least at times, that the sensationalism of premillennialism holds sway in much of what is written about Last Things. The storyline usually goes something like this: …
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It’s Sunday Again: God and his ice
With freezing rain falling all day and ice-laden limbs hanging low in our yard, Jan and I spent all of yesterday indoors. We commented more than once on the beauty of God’s creation and the picturesque scenes God was creating. This morning those same scenes are still amazing–even though much less visible with the moonlight, …
Little Things
The biggest things in life are the little things. Many go through life wishing to make the one big splash, to receive recognition, to accomplish something spectacular or noteworthy. Life is not to be measured by the big things but by a continual, consistent stream of little things, hardly noticeable, but powerful in their combined …
It’s Sunday Again: Another Week, Principles for Life
I do not like the change that some calendar publishers have popularized. Especially on calendars designed for the business world, the week begins on Monday and the weekend is an afterthought in the far right-hand box–usually including both Saturday and Sunday in one box. (I suppose that six boxes saves money over seven boxes.) Think …
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It’s Sunday Again: Back to ‘Normal’
After five consecutive Sundays of international travels and time away from Park Plaza, today I am ‘at home.’ In October I worshiped and preached at a house church in Chile with no more than 30 present; last week I was at an area-wide worship assembly in Guatemala City with almost 4000 present on Sunday morning. …
It’s Sunday Again: Home and Family
Yesterday I wrote about home and family. This morning we are traveling and are “away from home.” As we prepare to worship with the family of God, I am thinking about how the reflections I wrote yesterday apply to God’s family and our spiritual home. Our spiritual home is usually defined most sharply by our …
Wisdom
Today I share a “borrowed” thought, origin unknown. Wolves Within One evening an old Indian Chief told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, …
It’s Sunday Again: Preparing for Ministry
What was it like to assemble with the church in the first century? What were the attitudes of the Christians as they came together on the Lord’s Day? What did they talk about? What did they think about? Some of the places of assembly may have been public buildings; more often the church assembled in …
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It’s Sunday Again: God lives among his people
Matthew 25 is usually quoted to remind us of the importance of “benevolent work” or prison ministry. The text says, “Insomuch as you did it unto one of the least of these, you did it unto me.” Today I am thinking about a different application of this text. How do I treat my brothers and …
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It’s Sunday Again: Plymouth and Holmes Road
Today we share spiritual family reunions with two families that are an important part of our spiritual history. We served in ministry with the Plymouth church of Christ almost 40 years ago (1974-1976). Today the Plymouth church celebrates its 75th anniversary and we are thrilled at the prospect of worshiping this morning with our spiritual …
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