The bible is full of Anti-Heroes: Pharoah, Nebudchanezzar, Cyrus, Pilate and my favorite, Demas. First, there’s the name. Alter the pronunciation just a little and presto! you’ve got some profanity in church. Especially in the plural. I promise to be careful. Sort of. But beyond that, I promise that the music and the message build Read the full article…
Here I am at four and a half years old, sporting both my Batman costume and my cast for my broken left arm. If you look closely, you can see the picture was taken on May 29, 1966. The Adam West Batman show had just come on TV, he became my instant hero, and Read the full article…
As we were closing up the church at the conclusion of ministry programming last Sunday night, an energetic fourth grade girl starting talking to me about her “living relationship with Jesus Christ.” Music to my ears. See, in the fall of 2011 — after a year of talking, emoting, dreaming, and praying — we arrived Read the full article…
Have ever considered that question? If you were to add up all the times you’ve heard certain songs — whether on the radio, in concert, or via turntable/cassette deck/CD player/iPodPhonePad — which tune would end up on top? And it’s not only frequency but duration that is at play here. For example, Kodachrome had a Read the full article…
In preparing yesterday’s message (which took place about six weeks ago), the flavor of the entire series got turned around. Huh? Well, in getting the first three messages ready, I had pretty pedestrian sermon titles (Signed, Sealed, Delivered may have been one of them). But then when I got yesterday’s ready and realized that The Read the full article…
