As a short month draws to a close, I share some personal reflections. The shortest month of the year has been shortened even more by the impossible weather that kept many homebound for the first week of February. We started February at home rather than in ministry travels since we flew home a day early …
Monthly Archives: February 2011
New Life Behavior: Update
Yesterday I completed the video recording of an eighth study course in the New Life Behavior (NLB) materials. These materials are used primarily in prison ministry. I am working on this project in conjunction with NLB of Oklahoma and have now completed 105 lessons. (Each course has 13 lessons, except that one of the courses …
Holmes Road Church of Christ–50th Anniversary
The Holmes Road Church of Christ in Lansing, Michigan will celebrate their 50th Anniversary on the weekend of March 17-20. The church has a great history which includes the merger and integration of two congregations in the late 1960s. Strong commitments to local outreach and evangelism, mission work, and good works have characterized this church …
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Marriage Matters–A Good Deal
My friends, Jerry and Lynn Jones, are presenters of a dynamic workshop designed to strengthen marriages. Their website is Marriage Matters. They have a limited number of sets of their workshop/seminar available VHS format. If you could/would use the VHS tapes, especially if you are in a mission area, they would like to give away …
A Letter to My Readers
Dear Reader, I am both amazed and pleased as I consider the impact of this site. For over 40 years I preached and taught weekly. I spent 25 years in full-time local ministry–20 of those years in two churches. Those two churches grew in marvelous ways with God’s blessing, one reaching a regular attendance of …
It’s Sunday Again: Gushing From Within Us
I was recently asked to preach from the text in John 7:37-39, to say something about the living water that is promised to believers. I am pleased to be asked to say something about the Holy Spirit. It has been an overlooked, ignored theme in my fellowship. It is a topic I have not preached …
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The Holy Spirit in John’s Gospel
Because of some recent requests I have received for teaching and preaching on the HS texts in John’s Gospel, and on the subject of the HS in John’s Gospel, I have been motivated to restudy and write. The Holy Spirit in John’s Gospel is different than in the other gospels. The HS in John’s Gospel …
A Rewarding Experience
On a recent Sunday, I attended the Bible class for the deaf at the Park Plaza church in Tulsa. It was the first time I had ever attended a class where the teacher was signing and was being interpreted by a hearing person. In reflecting on my experience, I realized that I had experienced something …
Ask the one who knows the way!
True story. Two Christian men were making visits on behalf of their church. They drove into a subdivision, successfully made their visit, and were ready to leave the subdivision, but…. The driver could not find his way out of the subdivision! He tried several times but kept driving in circles and finding himself on streets …
It’s Sunday Again: Living Water–Agua Viva
I have the privilege of joining the Park Plaza Iglesia de Cristo again today. I will preach on John 7:37-39. We have overlooked and ignored the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is misunderstood by many. John’s view of the Spirit is interesting. In John’s Gospel, the Holy Spirit is less a miracle worker and more …
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