Churches are famous for their complaining. And not just in church circles. In speaking with an atheist friend, they stated that church people complain more than any other they know. And what’s more, they don’t just complain the most but they fight the dirtiest. A person working at a local business told me once, “I […]
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” – Ps. 20:7 Charles Blondin was famous for his tightrope walk across Niagara Falls. He crossed with a camera, backwards, doing somersaults, and drew crowds from all over the world. One day he came to the […]
“I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me…” Paul uses a lot of sporting metaphors, and this one in particular, the image of running a race, is very common to his understanding of ministry. It takes endurance, […]
And I thought my sermons were boring! The Apostle Paul preaches a sermon that goes so long and so late that a young man sitting in a third floor window falls asleep and falls to his death. But Paul won’t allow that, so he goes down and holds the young man in his arms as […]
“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” In this simple chant, the very heart of today’s story, we find a great insight into our own idolatry as a nation. From hyper-nationalism to Capitalism to love of money to the “cult of celebrity” and beyond, we as a culture live lives that put ideas, people, and most […]