I Played My Best for Him I was in a friend's office yesterday, and then in his vehicle. He had Christmas music playing in both. It is less than three weeks to Christmas Day, so I guess it is time to jump into the holiday with both feet. One of our most iconic Christmas songs is “The Little Drummer Boy”. Written in 1940 by Katherine Kennicott Davis, the song was first recorded in 1951 by the Family von Trapp (Yes, the famous…
What is really happening in Washington, DC? Russian collusion? Instability? The answer would be prayer. I just returned from Washington, DC after attending the National Prayer Breakfast. On this trip and previous trips over the last year I have heard the following statement several times from those who work there—some who work directly for the President. “We haven’t seen prayer and Bible study happening like this ever before! It is happening everywhere.” That shouldn’t surprise us though should it? Haven’t we been…
As Christians we can transform our government, and we are doing it in Oklahoma where now over half the counties in our state have adopted a model in which city elders work along-side government officials. If you are like me, you have watched the downward slide in our nation against Judeo-Christian values and felt overwhelmed at what has taken place in our courts and schools. In the last fifty plus years we have watched the following: June 25, 1962 in a landmark…
Red Pill, Blue Pill; and EkklesiaSterion. I am increasingly embarrassed for young people who use terms like "woke". It would be a mere annoyance if it wasn't so dangerous to our Culture. A Youth Pastor at a famous mega-church on the West Coast recently said that Jesus appeared to him and asked him for his forgiveness. Keep in mind that all of historic Christendom hinges on the foundational truth that Jesus was without sin, and therefore is worthy to forgive ours. He…