I haven’t played video games for over two weeks. I’ve been busy prepping sermons, working on seminars and watching The Phantom Menace in 3D. It’s been so long that I don’t remember what I was doing in Skyrim. Hopefully I’ll find some time this weekend to fire up my Xbox and kill some dragons. ToRead more
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I’m reading through Exodus and, once again, I am thoroughly enthralled with the story. The narrative of Moses, Pharaoh, the plagues and the Israelites’ escape through the Red Sea is so compelling. It’s no wonder that this story has led to a number of movies, most notably The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston and theRead more
My Bible reading plan currently has me going through Job. I feel like reading through Job is my Job Experience. The first two chapters of Job are great because they’re filled with councils in heaven, Satan being shady and all the calamities that befall Job. After that action-packed beginning, though, Job becomes a poetry bookRead more
Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What goodRead more
Student ministry requires a lot of games. Some are age-old classics like dodge ball and kick ball. Some are new classics like the trash can game and boom ball. Some games, though, are nothing more than biblicized versions of secular games. I saw this copy of Bible Charades at our church and couldn’t help butRead more
Every January a lot of Christians resolve to spend more time in God’s Word. No Christian really discounts the need to read the Bible but good intentions don’t always lead to action. One reason a lot of people fail to read the Bible regularly is that they begin with Genesis. It seems to make senseRead more