This coming Thursday, June 6, will be the 80th anniversary of D-Day. As the number of those who were alive and able to recall D-Day grows fewer, it is well that we do all we can to rekindle the memory of this crucial day…

As I write, it’s Memorial Day. On Sunday night, as we often do, we watched the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS…

Do you see something unusual in the opening of the parable we call, “The Rich Man and Lazarus?” It’s not just unusual, it’s unique. This is the only parable we have from Jesus where someone is named…

Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with originally saying, “Some people are so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly good.” Since then, it has been repeated thousands of times against some Christians or as a slander against all…

I grew up hearing that I was a descendant of Texas pioneers and a “true Texan.” My heritage in the Church of Christ movement went back to the early 1800’s…

The aftermath of the falling of our beautiful, massive Blue Spruce reinforced ideas I already held through faith. The first was one that we had often experienced—good things can come from experiencing bad things…

(The following is both a continuation of last week’s blog, and a Biblical reflection prompted by Earth Day.)There is a view of life that says, as in the beloved gospel song, that this world is not my home…

While we were living in Southern California, on January 17, 1994, we were awakened at 4:30 A.M. to the largest “natural disaster” we had ever experienced. It was a devastating earthquake centered in Northridge, California…

Our language gives us away, perhaps more than we would care to think. The terrible winds of this past weekend will be considered by insurance companies and many others as an act of God…

Easter has a supremely cosmic significance that is utterly profound. I will refer to two passages that reflect this. Here’s the first:..

As we move toward our remembrance of the Passion of the Messiah and the glorious celebration of His resurrection, I want to look at what drove some who wished Jesus dead and gone…

Next Sunday I will have the joy and privilege of preaching.  It will be one last interim sermon before my preacher, Jovan, returns.  The passage assigned to me is Matthew 12:1-14—two stories about “work” on the Sabbath…

I’m continuing my series complementing our “Follow” series through Matthew. In Matthew 8-9, several stories of healing are found interspersed in the narrative…

The story of Jesus being tempted by the Devil is an important narrative in each Synoptic Gospels. Mark’s account is the briefest of the three, but has important elements…

Since our preaching series at Littleton, called “Follow,” is drawn from Matthew, I would like to continue some posts on this Gospel…

Since our preaching series at Littleton, called “Follow,” is drawn from Matthew, I would like to continue some posts on this Gospel…

Since our preaching series at Littleton, called “Follow,” is drawn from Matthew, I would like to continue some posts on this Gospel…

Except for Hebrews and 1 John, all the Letters of the New Testament have the writers’ names (or at least title-Elder in 2 and 3 John) attached to the documents. Of course, scholars still debate their authorship, since that’s what scholars do. Even Revelation comes with the name John firmly attached within the text as the writer…