The Centripetal Force on our Planet
I have been reading The Brothers Karamazov, and was struck by a sentence. Ivan, the atheist brother, is talking with Alyosha, the hero of the story who is a monk...
Abortion is About God
A new curriculum will be available August 2008 from The Bethlehem Institute Title: Abortion Is About God: Reframing a Moral Issue Short Description: "Abor...
Evolution and Entropy
Sunday morning, on our way to church, we drove down Highway 96 and I contemplated the median. The curbed median had been landscaped, with trees and flowers and s...
Help me, O Lord!
The first eleven verses of Psalm 74 are a cry out to the Lord for help. The “enemy” of the Lord, the Lord’s “foes” are destroying the meeting places of God. The...
O Lord, Do Not Delay!
There are some big decisions going on in our lives right now: what job should we move towards (there are several options), should we visit Kentucky in April, what...
Enemies and Life Struggles
After I finished thinking about God hearing us, I thought about other things in the Bible that could be comparable. Specifically I thought about how David wrote ...
Stars and Prayer
I have been stressed at work lately, and this morning as I drove in I attempted to pray. As I looked at the masses of people in cars around me, I wondered how co...
John 10:1-21
Click below to listen to a recent lesson I taught on John 10:1-21. There has been a lot of problems with audio lately, as the first ten minutes of this teaching ...
Emerging or Emergent?
This is the best and shortest description of what it means to be emerging vs. emergent that I know of. If you care about the church, and recognize that there is ...
I and the Father are One
I had the privilege of preaching at Oakridge Community Church in Stillwater, MN last Sunday. Here is the audio for the sermon titled I and the Father are One.Ple...