Instead of our normal article this week I’m taking the opportunity today and at the end of the week to share some of my favorite quotes from Polishing the Pulpit with you. A lot of these are quotes (or paraphrases) I’ve collected and tweeted this week (you can following me by clicking the tab to … Read more…
The time is here. Tomorrow night Kristy, Kenadie, and I will be headed toward Sevierville, TN for our annual trek to Polishing the Pulpit (PTP). If you are not at all familiar with PTP, it is a weeklong workshop conducted by members of the church of Christ that utilizes a balanced approach of providing sound … Read more…
If you met Satan on the sidewalk, would he cringe? Would he see how you dressed and be ashamed? Would he hear you talk and be disappointed? Would he see who you were with and question your relationships? If you met Satan on the sidewalk would he be drawn to you or would he want … Read more…
I know from the beginning there will be those to prejudge the content of these thoughts because they don’t believe we should care how the world perceives Christianity. Obviously there is a sense in which they are right (1 Corinthians 4:3). The world is the world and as an entity the world is never going … Read more…
When Moses ascended the mountain to witness the glory of the burning bush God had a very specific reason in having him go. After he was there in His presence God spoke to Moses and said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by … Read more…
During the final 25 years of Israel’s history Assyria strengthened themselves looking to conquer their adversaries to the south. They proved to be quite the imposing foe with their military strength and their impending invasion – and the Israelite people were scared to death. But their leaders did not abate their fears. Their kings proved … Read more…
They had been gone for seventy years. They had long since abandoned God and so God delivered them into the hands of a nation who could invade them, oppress them, and make them miss everything they could have still had if they had only maintained their reliance on God. Now after seventy years God kept … Read more…