Food For Thought…

I want to share something with you. In Second Corinthians 2:14, Paul uses a word that has caused a lot of scholars of the Bible to wreslte with the imagery being presented. The word is the word for Roman Triumph. A Roman Triumph would have been an image that the Corinthians would have been familiar [...]

Interesting Conversation

Last weekend I was in Tulsa for a Group Magazine Youth Ministry training workshop. It was a great day of education, fellowship and fun. One of the activities that I was priveleged to be a part of was diagnosing some of our struggles as youth ministers we face with volunteers or parents and we overcome [...]

Sunday Night Live

Sunday Night went well here in Duncan. Again, thank you to Soul Concern of York College, and Best Friends of Lubbock Christian University.You both rocked the house!Thank you also to Sam Ward from OC for his leading my worship time, and Mitch Wilburn took the evening to a whole new level with his encouraging words [...]

Random…

A lot is happening right now in our youth ministry (follow the youth links). Ministry is keeping my busy. Sunday Night is our area wide Sunday Night Live. I have a great line-up for the evening. I have Best Friends coming from LCU, Soul Concern coming York College, my worship leader attends school at OC, [...]

Who’s On First With A Twist via e-mail today

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were still alive today their infamous sketch
“Who’s on first?” might have turned out something like this:
COSTELLO calls to buy a computer from ABBOTT . . .
ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Yes, thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m [...]

Critical Introduction of 2 Corinthians and Research Paper

What follows is the text of one of my Bible assignments this semester.
Critical Introduction of 2 Corinthians
In the Biblical record the early church has provided an extensive field of study and research. One community of believers, the church in Corinth has continued to captivate the hearts and minds of many Christians through the centuries. [...]

Weekly Woes…

We all have them at some point in our week, or month. I do, and this week was worse than normal. I can explain, most of it is my fault. See, I have a research paper do sometime next week, and lets just say that it is still in progress, and probably will be right [...]

October 25, 1998

October 25, 1998. Do you remember where you were then? I do, just after the preacher offered the invitation, I made my calling and election sure. With one unsteady foot after the other, I headed toward the front of the auditorium. I knew I wanted to begin life anew, and I knew Jesus and His [...]

All-Nighter (ouch)

Our teens are on Fall Break, and last night after church our kids wanted to have an all-nighter. My wife told me that our girls went to bed, and well I wish I could report the same was true for our boys. Most of them were up all night playing Halo, and eating cookies and [...]

She did it…

She did it. My daughter took her first unaided steps. It was an incredible moment. Sensing our joy and her grandparents joy, she cheered and clapped with us. It was an amazing moment. We had wondered when she would walk. Everyone assured she would do it when she was ready. She is ready. I was [...]