A Testimony of Mercy
Today, in a suburban Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, I gave a testimony about how the men and women of the Houlton Wesleyan Church served my family through their mercy ministry to us in November of 1981, to teach/remind us how mercy ministry is…
The Furniture of Grace
Before I can even begin to talk about Grace, we need to get something straight. And this is the uber-critical paradox that people often forget when talking about God and his mercy and his goodness and his forgiveness: Just because grace is ‘free’ does not…
God is Holy, I am an Ass
There’s been a theme in my life this week that began to climax in response to this morning’s sermon and then a question on Facebook crystallized the theme. The theme is this: “I am very often an [insert explicative insult here: e.g., jerk, ass,…