Last week I mentioned a lecture given by Dr. Gordon Fee of Regent College called Why Christians Read Their Bible Poorly. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the lecture you can click on this link. Because there are royalties paid there is a charge for the lecture. Why Christians Read Their Bibles […]
Understanding the Bible – Part 2
I want to begin with a rather fanciful hypothetical scenario – you have responded to an invitation and are sitting at a beautifully set table. When the banquet is served the food is both extremely tasty and nutritious. You are told that you are invited to another banquet in one week’s time. But, and there […]
Understanding the Bible Part 1
A number of you sent me messages about last week’s post and we seem to be in agreement that a knowledge of the Bible is essential for a serious disciple. With today’s post I will begin the journey of how we can study the Bible on our own. Listening to sound Biblical preaching or podcasts […]
What is a disciple?
We are part of a church that we have grown to love over the past eight years that we have been part of it. For seven and a half of those years I served the church as pastor to seniors, but since my retirement at the end of last year we have decided to remain […]
Question on Prayer – 2
Prayer continues to be a mystery to me. Sometimes God answers in the way I wanted Him to. Things work together and the outcome is just what I wanted, but at other times, the opposite occurs. I was speaking with a friend who asked me a question about prayer. He is scientifically minded and wanted […]
A Question on Prayer
In the last while I have had a couple of conversations about prayer. I plan to discuss the questions those conversations raised. I will be inviting you to join in the conversation. I will deal with one in this post and next week with the other one. As you read, I would appreciate it if […]
Introduction
As there were a number of people who seemed to enjoy my Facebook posts I have decided to launch a blog. My plans are to post something about once a week. If you find my thoughts of some value, please let me know and let others know as well. I will occasionally ask some questions […]