This evening I feel like I finished a Marathon! For the first time in my life I finished preaching through every book of the Bible. I started Sunday evening April 18, 2010 and finished a little over three years later on May 12, 2013. Each Sunday night that I was in the Evangel Pulpit I would preach a flyover of one of the books of the Bible.
This evening I just finished a flyover of Revelation and I am exhausted and joyful to have accomplished a study of every single …

Here is something burning on my heart that I feel the Lord wanted me to preach to the folk at Evangel on Mother’s Day. Let me know what you think.

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A few weeks ago I conducted a funeral. On the way from the grave-site to the church for the funeral dinner I stopped at the bank. The lady in front of me was taking her time. She and the teller were having a nice talk about something. I used the time to check my messages and e-mails. I heard the teller say; “O, he’s not in a hurry. He’s on his phone.”
I smiled. In my mind I was thinking “No, I’m on the phone because you’re not in a hurry,” …

Classic Re-post from 2003
Have you ever wondered why Easter sometimes falls late in March and other times past the middle of April? Scientist and Mathematician types get sweaty palms over questions like this. They have complicated algorithms for calculating the date, but I did a little research on my own and I think I have a handle on it now
Let me put the cookies right down on the bottom shelf where you can reach them. Simply put, Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full …

In a moment of weakness this week I yielded to the temptation to buy some Michigan Sour Cherry Candies. I really don’t need Michigan Sour Cherry Candies at all, but I can eat them like a champion. Outside the store was a kid riding a skateboard back and forth in front of the door. Just a rude kid. I was a little irritated with him. He had no regard for the safety of the customers trying to get into the store. He made no attempt to pause to let me …