Crime, Punishment, and Vindication

Introduction

A few years ago I got an unexpected phone call from an old college friend. She had given up a promising medical career to get married, put ...

The Day the World Bows to the King

Several years ago my own surgery taught me a few things about how to visit a friend in the hospital.

These visits can be made for a lot of reasons: duty, ...

God's Great Heart of Love

Introduction

In John Bunyan's famous Pilgrim's Progress, right from the outset of the book we are introduced to a man who is deeply troubled and who is ...

Getting Out

Introduction

I want us to look at the account of the crossing of the Red Sea. You might call it the climax or epitome of Exodus. It's hard to overstate ...

Judgment at Ai

Today we're going to look at the Book of Joshua, chapter 8, beginning in verse 18. We recall that Israel has once before been defeated by the little town ...

It's About the People

Introduction

Recently our church softball thoroughly trounced our opponents. The game ended with what's called the mercy rule: when one team is ahead ...

Why Jesus and No One Else

Introduction

In 1936, an advertising executive from Philadelphia, Philip Klein, founded the Friday the 13th Club. Its members are committed to defying ...

Caution!

I suppose a mysterious, strange, unsettling story might just as well be mysterious and strange and unsettling from the very beginning. After all, the ...