FELLOWSHIP OF THE SUFFERING: “Pain is Part of the Plan”
Dave Ripper and I are very excited about the upcoming Inter Varsity Press release of Fellowship of the Suffering: How...
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HOLY WEEK: The God Who Suffers
“Jesus is the only God who suffers.” A medical doctor in south India serving in palliative (end-of-life) care observed that...
LENT: How Gorillas Humbled Me
On Wednesday, February 28, I met a wild mountain silverback gorilla (the dominant male) and his family of 10,...
LENT: 3 Thoughts on Lying
Karl Menninger’s 1973 book wrestled with the big picture question “Whatever Became of Sin,” but I wonder if were alive...
LENT: Whatever Became of Sin?
In the 1970’s, the Christian psychiatrist Karl Menninger wrote Whatever Became of Sin? His book pointed to the pendulum swing...
Book Announcement
The Fellowship of the Suffering Dave Ripper (Lexington Campus pastor at Grace Chapel) and I are delighted to announce the...
5 Lessons We’ve Learned About Praying For Relatives (cont.)
In the last blog we spoke about praying for our relatives to come to personal faith. We shared our own stories...
5 Lessons We’ve Learned About Praying For Relatives
Don’t give up on your family. “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always...
The Sin of Sodom
A pastor once asked me, “How can I get my people to be more concerned for the poor and the...
Make Me a Footnote
More than a half dozen years ago, a friend called me with some exciting news. He wanted me to know...