January 21

A Sermon In the Sky

Psalm 19:1 -- "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands."


My wife and I sat in the boat gazing in awe at the midnight sky above us. The lake that was nestled between the rolling Ozark Mountains of northern Arkansas reflected the light of the millions of stars above. We held hands beneath that celestial sanctuary. We worshipped the Lord as we acknowledged...

For the Least of These
2010 Wilberforce Award

January 19, 2010


When Tony Hall first met Mother Teresa, she took his solid left hand in her frail one. “I want you always to remember something,” she urged the U.S. congressman from Ohio.

And as she gently folded each of his fingers, she accentuated, “For...the...least...of...these. I want you to always think of this.”
Ever since he came to faith in Christ many years ago, Tony Hall has lived...

Always God

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God.— John 1:1–2

Before there was a world, before there were planets, before there was light or darkness, before there was anything but the Godhead, there was Jesus, a member of the Trinity.

He is coequal, coeternal, and coexistent with the Father and the Holy Spirit. He was with God, and He was God. Then He came to this earth...

January 18, 2010

It Is My Business


READ: Leviticus 19:11-18
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge . . . , but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. —Leviticus 19:18

In 1955, when the South was still highly segregated, Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, visited relatives in Mississippi. After Emmett "dared" to talk to a white woman, two white men brutally murdered him. An all-white, male jury found the two...

Jesus Fulfilling the Law

"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill." (Matthew 5:17)

The standard of the law of God is infinitely high and lofty: "be holy, be loving, be perfect." This is because the law reflects the very character of God. In light of this, we may wonder if there is any way that the law can be fulfilled. How could the righteous demands of the law ever be met in our lives?...