Being respectable and still dead wrong

The Pharisees are the religious leaders we love to hate.  In the gospels we see them time and again pitched against Jesus and the side of truth and good. But let’s stop for a moment to regroup. Yes, history paints the Pharisees in a bad way.  But in...

choose passwords with spiritual benefits

It is an unfortunate side effect of our modern era that nearly everything you do requires a password.  I just checked my password manager and it is presently remembering 308 online passwords for me.  My guess is that you probably have over 100 that you have...

the secret benefit of a study-buddy

Studying the Bible is best done as a team sport. Several years ago, I had exactly that going on.  A buddy named Dave and I had a Bible Study Pact.  We’d been in men’s groups together and really found that we had a compatible desire to get into...

Stop Wasting Your Time

I remember a sermon illustration from a number of years ago.  It’s stuck with me and to some extent haunted me.  I did some research and share it with you for similar effect. Francis Schaeffer founded a Christian community called...