Category Spiritual Markers

Glorieta 08, Day 1

I’m at Glorieta for National Collegiate Week. Michael Kelley is the Bible study leader for the mornings, and David Platt is the teacher during the evenings. Both brought the Word of God with conviction and authority today. The gathered crowd…

Glorieta Bound, 2008

You may recall my incredible experience at National Collegiate Week in beautifulGlorieta, New Mexico at this time last year. This morning, Jeremy and I are heading out for this year’s event – a week of worship, learning, fellowship and God-exalting…

Two new Bibles…

Jeremy asked me recently what study Bible I would recommend. I have used the NIV Study Bible for many years, as well as Thompson’s Chain Reference Bible (NIV). However, I have been doing most of my study, research, and teaching…

Stand up!

Not being a baseball guru, having two kids playing the sport this summer is somewhat of an irony. I sit with a couple of families on a regular basis right up next to the chainlink backstop sniffing St. Augustine. I…

Saving time for what…

“Ours is a harder task than that which our fathers faced. Their conveniences and appliances were fewer, but they were not caught and often submerged in the rush of affairs as we are. We have many labor-saving and time-saving devices,…

Curve balls

It’s swinging time – bat-swinging time, that is. Sam is in the middle of his season, and Adelyn has just started practicing for her first season of softball. If they’re not at practice or a game, we’re often in the…

My solitary place

This is my solitary place. Where is yours? Matthew 14:13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to asolitaryplace. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. Matthew 14:12-14(in Context) Mark 1:35…