I’m blending two questions this time. I hear sermons on repentance from time to time, but I’m not sure what that means. I gather it is more than feeling sorry. Is it something like that step in AA twelve steps where you have to go around and make things right? How do I repent? Is [...]
Here is one that comes in every year or so. Might as well tackle it today! What do you think about the UFO sightings in Jerusalem that seem to have multiple independent attestation? How do we as Christians differentiate the multiple independent attestation in the gospel narratives and in Paul’s letter from multiple independent attestations [...]
Going to have to skip the usual “original question in bold, italic type” section here. I’ve had a series of questions over the years about small groups. At first, the questions were about why/whether we should have them at all, were they just a dodging maneuver to avoid Sunday nights, and how are you supposed [...]
I recently preached on the great value of memorizing scripture. That used to be a normal part of church life but it has gone the way of Bible Class books to fill out each Sunday and Wednesday and flannelgraph figures. I decided to address this here because I got a question that read: You say [...]
Taking a break from Tentpegs questions to deliver some news. After nearly 10 years of joyous service at Rochester, Miss Kami and I are moving on at the end of the summer to work with the Eastside Church of Christ in Colorado Springs. Here is the letter I read to the congregation (minus my many [...]