Yesterday, while writing an assignment for a course I’m taking on the basics of Catholicism, I was reading the Gospel of St. John, chapter 6; specifically, the section that is often called “The Bread of Life Discourse”. I got to the part where the crowd first mumbles against what Je...
During my sabbatical in Pasadena, when Fuller Seminary’s New Testament faculty learned about my writing projects, they asked me to share this paper with them and have a discussion. In response, they said that, though it’s written for Africa, it deals with analogous issues which they, too,...
Preaching is hard work, a never-ending challenge, and my hope is always to communicate faithfully the message I hear in the passage I am studying. That people receive it asGod’sWord is not something in any preacher’s power, but something for which we can only pray. But it is fun, ...
If someone were to challenge the salvation of the thief on the cross, the only adequate reply he could give is, “the Man on the middle cross said I could come!” That man was Jesus, and His mission was just beginning. In both events, the rapture and the cross, there is a catching...
I continue on bravely. God is with me every step of the harrowing way. I jog twice a day. A normal routine has been healthy. Eating healthy too is important. Sleeping is a challenge because they energetically target me at night to 24/7. It has been hard. Obtained a job. They have ...