Lost in Translation

Matthew records the teaching of the disciples in the Sermon on the Mount in chapters 5-7 of his Gospel. I’m teaching this interesting section of the Scripture this spring and actually presented an abbreviated synopsis earlier this evening at a…

Theologians debate all sorts of things and some of my best seminary memories were those incidental conversations that came up during class. I used to say that real learning happened “in the cracks.” Those are the non scripted conversations that…

One of the words that we run across quite often in the Bible is the word, “dwelling.” When we think of a “dwelling”, we think of a home, or a place to stay, sometimes temporary, but sometimes not - or…

Janet and I continue to be amazed by the outpouring of love and encouragement that we have experienced during Janet’s recovery from lumbar spine surgery. Surgery was just over a week ago and, to be sure, progress has been slow.…

Today, we started the spring semester of the Soul Sisters, the women’s Bible study that I help with each spring and each fall. While we usually study a book of the Bible, we chose a different path this spring. For…

The Christmas rush is over - and we are now comfortably in the new year. Janet and I made the decision to store our decorations right after Christmas this year as Janet is facing some surgery later this month. We…

If you finished the title with “of Christmas”, then you are correct. As we finish celebrating another Christmas Day, commemorating the birth of our Savior, we turn our focus to the next twelve days - culminating in the celebration of…

Today, we celebrate the fourth Sunday of Advent. This season, I have tried to promote the idea of focusing on the real reason for the season and, certainly, that centers on Jesus and the joy that we should experience for…

It’s freezing cold here in central Indiana and we received about 5” of snow yesterday. In other words, we made the safe decision to stream church this morning rather than attend in person. Therefore, we were able to stream more…

I was speaking with Janet several days ago after having overheard a call she was on. No, I wasn’t eavesdropping or anything - it was just that I could tell that she was having a good time and, for some…