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Yea, yea, I know I just wrote a blog yesterday, but I wanted to bring you up to date on contributions to Soul Space. As of today just over $4700 has been raised for them. An astounding $1315 has come from readers of this blog! By the way, readers, let people know if you liked [...]

A story in the news a few years ago still comes to mind from time to time and makes me shake my head. It seems that a suicide bomber was dispatched to blow up a restaurant in downtown Tel Aviv. The bomb went off when the bomber was several blocks away from the target and [...]

In the spirit of the season, I want to address one object of my prayers. In a time where so many paint murals of moral equivalency between us and those who attack our people in Sadr City, Fallujah, and Bagdad, hear this story from the latest issue of Marine Times, a weekly magazine for Marines [...]

I lean my hands on the bathroom counter and stare at my face reflected there. It bears the marks of nearly 50 years on this planet, most of which have been spent in ministry to the corners, the shadows, of this or that country. My face is that of an old soldier, one who has [...]

I’ll be back on the old blogging schedule soon. At present I am in Vero Beach, Florida finishing a three day seminar for that congregation. I must admit that it is exceptionally pleasant to sit on my hotel balcony overlooking the ocean as I read my books and write my lessons. It would be perfect [...]

Should we plant more churches? Let’s dispense with the obvious: Jesus is not optional and we want more people to worship him in spirit and in truth. That said, is church planting the answer? May I be forthright at the risk of being offensive? Perhaps we shouldn’t plant churches that are just like the churches [...]

Back from Wichita. Tomorrow morning I will preach our three services, have lunch with my darling wife, and then on to Canada. I will be taking one of the Rochester College students with me. He lives near Beamsville, Ontario (the site of the Great Lakes Lectureship). He’ll pick up his car and drive home later. [...]