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I watched the Rick Warren interviews. I found them revealing about both candidates. What I really enjoyed was watching them again over spaghetti. At dinner last night, I played about thirty minutes worth of clips on the notebook. We paused …

Today was a great day. Some days I study all day. That is a profound pleasure. Some days I spend counseling with people neck deep in problems. That has its challenges but also its own personal joys. Some days I head to the hospital to c…

“Self has no claims upon us, for it has done nothing for us. It has been a wall of iron between us and Christ. Is that a reason that we should serve it? It has been a mountain of ice between us and the world to come. Is that a ground of claim ove…

I had a wonderful visit with Hertha today. We talked about Psalm 145. “The Lord is righteous in all His ways, gracious in all His works. The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.” Hertha had this comm…

P.G. Wodehouse cracks me up. The last story I listened to on my ipod was “Leave it to Jeeves.” The understated, dry wit of this English butler gets to me. Here is the opening… Jeeves–my man, you know–is really a most extraord…

From Pastor Douglas Wilson – Godly parents do not have the luxury of wanting to “not know” about sin their sons may have drifted into. If a son is starting to run with bad companions, or he is starting to find porn on the internet, or he…

1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. HILASKOMAI — this word was used amongst the Greeks with the significance to make the gods propitious, to appease, prop…

John Owen is one of the very best Christian writers on my bookshelf. Of his many works, the gold medal goes to “Sin and Temptation.” That book has beat me down and built me up over and over again. The silver medal goes to “The Glory of Christ.” It is…

Go ahead and kick yourself if you missed Voddie Baucham on Sunday night. Powerful, solid stuff! Wayne and I took him out for dinner afterwards. Ever one for in-depth etymological discussion, Wayne tried to get Voddie to explain the meaning of the …

Here is the quote about attitude which I cited in Sunday’s sermon. It comes from Charles Swindoll. The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts, it’s more important th…