Let me clearly state two things. I believe I have said them before but I want to make them abundantly clear: 1. When I write about this subject, I am not trying to declare that I know all truth and am delivering it without error. I am merely showing you where I am and why [...]
“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for.” (Charles Spurgeon) Any discussion on hell that moves away from the traditional viewpoint brings cries of anguish out of [...]
I won’t copy and paste them here, but I have three questions in my box at tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com asking me to please explain why I do not believe in the traditional view of hell. Before I answer — and this may take several blogs — let me caution you: I am still studying this. I have [...]
My apologies! While I wasn’t paying attention, tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com ended up getting about a dozen questions. I had gotten used to the idea that the questions had dried up. I’ll get to these asap. Thanks for sending them in. Today’s question comes from a teen I met a couple years ago. My question: Just how important [...]
I’ve spent a lot of time the last few months helping elders create and deliver a vision for their congregations. I’ve been a part of that process many times before but I kept it within my congregation and didn’t spread it around. Over the last few years, though, I’ve seen quite a few congregations that [...]
Before I dip back into the shrinking pile of questions at tentpegsquestion@yahoo.com I’ll just write a quick blog. I’m headed to Knoxville tomorrow to speak from Sunday through Wednesday. It’s a 9-10 hour drive. If I can survive the Ohio portion of the trip (State Flower: the orange construction cone), I should get into East [...]
I love golf. I used to play it quite a lot but now that I am in Michigan and swamped with other duties I play ten or less times a year. I don’t get to watch much golf on TV anymore, either, due to other work going on. Still, I was in the car eight [...]
Last week, a supercollider successfully smashed some sub-atomic particles in an attempt to replicate (on an incredibly small scale) the conditions of the Big Bang. The scientists were thrilled that their experiment worked and one of them said it would lead to the abandonment of the story “In the beginning, God created the heavens and [...]
It was around 1990 when she walked in my door. She had been to almost every doctor in town — numerous times — and her last therapist sent her to me. He had given up on her. She was 60 years old but she looked older. Nothing anyone had said or done had helped her [...]