God has never asked anyone else to make the kind of sacrifice he asked of Abraham. So why should I? An elder at my church years ago prayed the same prayer every time he presided at the Lord’s Table. “Dear God, I can’t imagine giving up my daughter, watching her suffer and die, all for […]
“What is your primary leadership role?” I ask this question at the beginning of every Leadership class I teach and generally receive a wide range of responses. Some students point to a supervisory role at work, but more often than not they choose a volunteer leadership role at church, a youth sports league, or community […]
My wife and I recently returned from a trip visiting our son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren in Texas. Baptizing my oldest grandson at the Southlake Campus of The Hills Church highlighted our visit. At the church we experienced an enthusiastic welcome by ushers. They helped us feel at home. Prior to his baptism our grandson Will […]
Be wise in the way you act towards outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone (Colossians 4:5, 6). One summer when I was in high school, my mom, who was a farmer’s wife, went to […]
The movie Chariots of Fire tells the story of Eric Liddel who ran for Great Britain in the 1924 Olympics. Liddel loved to run. He said he ran because “God made me fast and when I run fast I feel his pleasure.” But Liddel chose not to run when he discovered the qualifying rounds for […]
