The story of Malcolm Muggeridge’s life is quite interesting. He went from being a heavy drinking, womanizer with communist sympathies to being a devoted Christian who used his powerful intellect and deep faith to write some of the most profound books of the last century. He lived through the horror of two world wars and Continue reading

You’ve heard it before … a politician stands before a bank of microphones with a forlorn look on his face and begins his apology, “If I have hurt anyone or let anyone down, I sincerely apologize.” This is usually followed by (a) his plan of action to make amends, (b) an expression of “Now it’s Continue reading

He has been called the “prince of preachers.” His name is Charles Spurgeon and he preached from the pulpit of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London for 38 years. In his he wrote of his great spiritual struggle as he looked for answers to life’s great question – How can I be saved? May his testimony Continue reading

Timothy Keller wrote in this book The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism: “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not Continue reading

I’ve been rereading some of the leadership books stacked neatly on my office bookshelf as we seek to discover, equip, and engage new leaders in the church. As I read I am reminded how blessed we are to live in a time when there are so many good resources for someone who wants to keep Continue reading

I recently viewed the website of a church in California. Their website list a time for worship and the fact that they have a choir, a handbell choir, and even a Sunday School. There was even a notification on the website of a congregational meeting to ordain someone to ministry. You would not be surprised Continue reading

On my Must Read List is Timothy Keller’s Walking with God through the Pain and Suffering. One does not have to be a pastor to understand that pain and suffering are a part of life. We work to stay healthy and whole. We pray that things will go well. But somewhere along the line the Continue reading