“Friendship seems as necessary an element of a comfortable existence in this world as fire or water, or even air itself,” Charles Spurgeon wrote. “A man may drag along a miserable existence in proud solitary dignity, but his life is scarce life, it is nothing but an existence, the tree of life being stripped of […]
Table Talk
The coming of A.I. preaching
I’m going to plagiarize a sermon, and you have to guess who wrote it,” Rabbi Joshua Franklin warned those at a synagogue in East Hampton, New York. After the two-minute talk, some guessed his father or a famous rabbi wrote it. When he revealed it was from ChatGPT, some applauded. “You’re clapping, but I’m terrified,” […]
‘Move’: How my Bible study ‘word of the year’ changed everything
Every one of us at one point has likely prayed, “Lord please move or move me.” It might be the Monday morning prayer of many a pastor. I am encouraged by what Job said, “The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger” (Job 17:9). If anyone could say that, […]
The value of staying put
It’s been 20 years since my wife and I, and two couples from our mother church launched Love Fellowship Baptist Church in Romeoville. As we recently celebrated the church’s anniversary, I’ve been thinking about the lessons I’ve learned simply from sticking around. Here are three. 1. Focus on “how often and how well” rather than […]
After another leadership failure, forgive? Yes. Forget? Maybe later.
My cousin Holly’s house burned down in July. The family and their dog were saved, but they lost everything. Literally everything, except her grandmother’s ancient roasting pan just big enough for a 12-pound turkey and a diamond ring. Everything else in their rural home was gone in under an hour. The irony was that my […]
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