December 25th, 2013
In a way, that’s what Jesus does. Jesus rejects grief and sorrow as ways for the world but accepts them as ways for himself. He transfers our griefs and …
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When the prophet Isaiah predicted the arrival of the Christmas child, he did so in chilling terms: the child would be ‘despised and rejected by men’ (Isaiah 53:3). What a …
Read the Whole Article »December 10th, 2013
From the pundits of Capitol Hill, to the professors of the academy, those reflecting on the changes in our society agree on one thing: The world is becoming increasingly impersonal. …
Read the Whole Article »November 29th, 2013
The commencement speaker last June at the graduation ceremonies of our son, Jonathan, from Dartmouth College was Geoffrey Canada, an African-American who for the last twenty years has been the …
Read the Whole Article »November 28th, 2013
‘We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power …
Read the Whole Article »November 26th, 2013
The eighteenth-century author Samuel Johnson, arguably the most distinguished man of letters in the history of the English language, came to regard death as the ‘secret horror of the last.’ …
Read the Whole Article »November 25th, 2013
This is a follow up from my post, “Christian Beginnings of America’s First Universities”. Samson Occom, a Native American from the Mohegan tribe, became both a gifted evangelical preacher in …
Read the Whole Article »November 21st, 2013
Our son, Jonathan, graduated last June with a master’s degree from arguably the most beautiful of the Ivy League schools, Dartmouth College, tucked away in the forests of rolling New …
Read the Whole Article »November 6th, 2013
Are you afraid for the family? A 2010 study by the Pew Research center, in conjunction with Time Magazine, found the following disturbing trends in American society: When asked in …
Read the Whole Article »October 29th, 2013
I will have the blessing on Saturday, November 2, of speaking to as many as 200 couples at a marriage conference at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio. The “Marriage Matters …
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When the world is collapsing around us, Christians can still climb to the heights. That is the uplifting message of Habakkuk, and of my New Year’s sermon preached at Eden …
Read the whole article »The light of self-giving love cuts through the darkness like nothing else can. It is the light of new creation. It is the glory of selflessness overpowering the gloom of selfishness.
Read the whole article »An uplifting call to Christians during a pandemic I preached a sermon yesterday at Eden Baptist on the perspective we, as Christians, should take during this alarming time of the …
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