For over 20 years now, I have greeted the New Year with a friend.  Sometimes we don’t get much time together; sometimes we have an hour or so.  But most every year for the last two decades, I have gotten together with my friend, and he has helped me greet the New Year.  Tomorrow, once… Continue reading

A friend of mine saw my post on a daily prayer list in 2012 and sent me this note: “Roger, I tried writing a list of 10 – 50 prayers and I am finding difficulty in doing this.  Specifically, I am finding difficulty in praying for specific things for myself.  Any help with this will… Continue reading

Let’s agree that all true Christians pray. Not trying to make you feel guilty – just trying to help you know if you are saved.  Prayer is what Christians do, plain and simple.  Jesus tells us in Luke 18 that the elect cry out to God day and night.  So, one of the ways that… Continue reading

When I first started driving back in 1980, an intersection in Antioch, Illinois could make me quite afraid.  The reason?  There was a traffic light, and I often had to turn left there, which scared me to no end.  Turning left at this light was much more difficult than turning right.  There were so many potential complications, most… Continue reading

One Wednesday night, I was wandering through the church during youth group, and a small group of guys were in the midst of an interesting powwow, to which they tried to pull me in: “Hey Pastor, what do you think of tattoos?” I made some semi-funny (at least to me) remark, and then scooted out… Continue reading

Christopher Hitchens died last night.  The man – whose invective against the Deity surely swayed at least some to unbelief – has now met God. Douglas Wilson, who debated Hitchens in print and in person, has written an obituary where he considers the possibility that Hitchens believed in the last hour. In defense of Wilson, Hitchens… Continue reading

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Ecclesiastes 7:2 (ESV) As I write this morning I am preparing to go to a graveside service of a dear and… Continue reading

My Christmas entertainment has been all over the map in the last two days, and maybe that’s a good thing. A week or so ago, Diane and I trolled the internet to find some Christmas music offerings that we could take the family to, and on Thursday night we went with friends to see a… Continue reading

Charles Spurgeon: “The God who decrees to give us blessings has also decreed that we shall ask for them.” Oh, how I believe Spurgeon is right.  To paraphrase Isaiah 30:18 – God longs for us…to long for Him. Two truths go hand in hand: God desires to bless us. He waits for us to ask… Continue reading

Hey, hey, guess what profession is on the top of the list for ten happiest jobs?  Apparently, I’m sitting in the catbird seat, so to speak. The interesting thing about this list is that there seems to be a correlation between professions that sacrifice and serve others…and happiness. Even a financial planner fits into this… Continue reading