Andy 
Likely this past week you have heard about the Oregon couple who won a $2.9 million “wrongful birth” lawsuit against Legacy Health System who they claimed misdiagnosed their daughter because the prenatal tests they had run indicated there were no genetic disorders present with their child. After the girl was born she was ultimately … Read more…
Suffering, naturally, most often evokes sorrow and not joy. That’s why we call it suffering. However, could you imagine life without it? It may sound good from the surface until you begin to notice the deficiencies in your life caused by its absence. While we should not wish it upon ourselves, there are many things … Read more…
Well, I am going to try something tonight that I’m excited about but at the same time makes me a little nervous. Last week one of our members at Phillips Street approached me after Wednesday night Bible class and told me he had volunteered to coach his son’s 7-8 year old baseball team and was … Read more…
I try to take a very simple approach to my preaching (I’m not really smart enough to do anything different!). When we were in preaching school I remember one of my homiletics teachers telling us that when we get in the pulpit there were three things we needed to do: (1) tell the people what … Read more…
From my two years at the Memphis School of Preaching (2005-2007) I have a vivid memory of the hallways at break time. The school building had one hallway that ran around the entire building in one big circle and at any given break time you could look down that hallway and see many different people … Read more…
I do a lot of reading in the course of a week: books, articles, blogs, news posts, magazines, etc. The reason I point this out is to cite some credibility in what I’m about to say – there is a lot of bad information produced on a daily basis in this world about Jesus. Sadly … Read more…
I have often seen Christians observe the trends of modern society and then hear them lament what the future of the church might possibly be. It is true that society has in many ways taken a decidedly downward swing. More and more immorality is becoming more and more socially acceptable and it seems fewer and … Read more…
First this week, let me apologize for no advanced warning about the lack of our regular Thursday post. We took a group from Phillips Street to CYC in Gatlinburg this weekend and some of us left Wednesday night preventing me from posting Thursday. I hope this oversight on my part didn’t leave too much … Read more…
I can think of fewer Biblical topics that have been perverted in pulpits across the world more than the topic of grace. This sad reality has caused many among us to refuse to discuss it for fear of being perceived in a theologically liberal light. However, while it has been misused and abused it is … Read more…
To be a citizen of the United States of America is a great blessing in life. It is hard for us sometimes to comprehend just how great a country this is because its freedoms are all most of us have ever known. This causes us at times to take them for granted and not fully … Read more…