Yesterday was an incredibly sad day.  Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions was shot and killed while serving as an usher at his Wichita church.  The 67-year-old doctor was murdered in the foyer at the beginning of the service.  He leaves behind his wife, four children and 10 grandchildren. [...]

It’s been a pretty sober day for me after learning of the murder of Pastor Fred Winters of First Baptist Church in Maryville, IL. Evidently, while Pastor Winters was preaching yesterday morning, a 27-year-old man walked right up the center isle and shot him at point blank range, killing him in front of 150 of [...]

If you read my last post, then you know that I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the spiritual nature of trouble. Trouble has been a not-so-welcome companion of mine lately, and I decided to review the notes from a sermon series I preached a while back on spiritual warfare. What follows is the second [...]

Life is hard. I’m not trying to sound pessimistic; I’m just telling the truth. Jesus said that every single one of his followers would have trouble as long as they live, and it just so happens that this “trouble” seems to be making regular appearances in my life these days. I agree with the words [...]