I successfully defended my dissertation for the Doctor of Ministry degree on May 23, 2023 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary through a hybrid model of meeting in Kansas City, MO (I live in Alabama) and meeting for online Zoom classes. I began in the summer of 2019 with classes and then, for the last year Read more about Ten Thoughts on Earning my Doctor of Ministry Degree[…]
1 Jesus shall reign where’er the sundoes its successive journeys run,his kingdom stretch from shore to shore,till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 To him shall endless prayer be made,and praises throng to crown his head.His name like sweet perfume shall risewith every morning sacrifice. 3 People and realms of every tonguedwell on Read more about Jesus Shall Reign[…]
As I look on my bookshelf I have books entitled “Difficulties in the Bible” and “Hard Sayings of the Bible” and “The Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties” and “Is the Bible True?” and “Is God a Moral Monster?” and “Why I am a Christian” and “The Complete Book of Bible Answers” and many others. By their Read more about Every Worldview has Difficulties: More Offense is Needed in Christian Apologetics[…]
When you have sinned and failed God again, where do you turn? Where do you go? To whom do you look? What do you do in those moments of great brokenness, guilt, and shame? Also, how do you keep walking with God, everyday, knowing that you will fail Him again and again?
In “The Valley of Vision,” under the prayer entitled “Journeying On,” the prayer begins: “Lord of the cloud and fire, I am a stranger, with a stranger’s indifference; My hands hold a pilgrim’s staff, My march is Zionward, My eyes are toward the coming of the Lord, My heart is in thy hands without reserve…” Read more about A Stranger’s Indifference: Cultivating a lack of interest in this world[…]
If you’ve found the content on this blog helpful or encouraging, please subscribe via email on the top, right-hand side of the website (if on a laptop), or at the bottom of the screen (if on a mobile device). Thank you! In my “office,” which is a public place, I am here frequently doing my Read more about “Excuse me…are you a pastor because I see you reading your bible a lot whenever I’m here…?”[…]