Monthly Archives: June 2015

I have heard it; you have heard it. Maybe you have heard the phrase coming from the pulpit.  Maybe you have heard it one-to-one from a pastor, an elder in your church, a member who has a strong relationship with … Continue reading →

One of the most common things that I have heard over the years from teachers, professional and volunteer [as a Sunday School teacher], is that I get more from the teaching than the students do. I have to add something … Continue reading →

After commenting on Chapter 2 in Crazy Love for a week, one thing I can say with certainty,  Pastor Francis Chan does not hold Christians who are wasting their lives in very high regard. Some of his comments from Chapter … Continue reading →

Ephesians 2:10  “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” You know a major theme of chapter 2 is that we live our lives as if … Continue reading →

“Rejoice in the Lord always.  I will say it again: Rejoice!” Did you catch the way Paul writes these lines in Philippians? Always [my wife gets upset when I use that word but always means “in every instance, for all … Continue reading →

Chapter 2 is not for the faint of heart. I heard someone say that old refrain, “Growing old is not for sissies” the other day; reading chapter 2 is not for sissies. How about that part in the God Movie? … Continue reading →

Chapter 2 is tough. Thinking about death is no fun, especially your death; my death. No fun. Especially poignant in chapter 2 is the story of the death of Stan Gerlach.  He was delivering a eulogy and spoke the words … Continue reading →

Chapter 2 in Crazy Love has a title that seems sobering. “You might not finish this chapter.” When you begin reading the chapter, it is sobering. It’s about dying. Not a thought you want to think about every day is … Continue reading →

This first week, we have been given radical advice.  Can you imagine a pastor asking us to stop praying? As you study chapter 1, you begin to understand why.  You have all heard the old expression that “talk is cheap.”  … Continue reading →

How do you drive my wife crazy? Tell her one thing and do another. How do you drive me crazy? Tell me God is indescribable and then try to describe Him. That’s what Pastor Chan tries to do in Chapter … Continue reading →