Yesterday marked exactly 69 years when evangelist Billy Graham took a step that shocked everyone. It was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the year was 1953. Up until then, evangelicals in the South condoned segregated revival meetings. It was very common to see ropes dividing white from non-white at Christian rallies and revival gatherings. When Billy Graham
Read MoreJesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him… Luke 4:1-3a Jesus’ temptation in the
Read MoreThe global COVID pandemic that lasted almost two years must not have been enough disruption for the world in Putin’s estimation because he decided to invade another country, wage war with them, and watch innocent lives come under danger under his command. The deathly and destructive actions of Putin and his Russian soldiers in Ukraine
Read MoreSailors sometimes do it. Chase the wind! It is unlikely that the author of Ecclesiastes had sailors in mind when he illustrated the life of a wind-chaser. He was describing a life that was highly capable of achieving happiness, yet deeply incapable of attaining satisfaction. Beginning at Eccl. 1:14, he describes such pursuit as no more
Read MoreThis week in some church traditions, we observe the Feast of St. Onesimus. Onesimus is a little-known character in the New Testament, partly because he appears in one of the shortest books of the Bible, Paul’s letter to Philemon. It is much better to read Philemon than to have me recount the story here, but Onesimus
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