A few years ago, I bought The Collected Sermons Of Fred B. Craddock.  Craddock, who died earlier this year, was a long-time professor of preaching at Emory University’s Candler School Of Theology. So, coming from a graduate of Asbury Seminary, this post is almost like an Alabama grad singing the praises of an Auburn prof.  Read the full article…

In her memoir Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake, Anna Quindlen offers these reflections on marriage, longevity, and parenting: If a marriage is to endure over time, it has to be because both people within it have tacitly acknowledged something that young lovers might find preposterous:  it’s bigger, and more important, than both of us.  Read the full article…

I missed church on Sunday.  But I had a really good reason to do so. Julie and I spent this weekend in Queens, New York, taking in two full days of the US Open tennis tournament.  With all the travelling Julie does for her job, both flights and accomodations were essentially free of charge (check Read the full article…

This ad came in an e-blast from Christianity Today magazine: The opening line makes me sound kind of like preaching’s Stephen King, but I kinda like it.  

Romans 1:16-17 is a clarion call for New Testament Christians.  It also sets the agenda for the rest of the letter: 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in Read the full article…