The picture above is from a collection of Egyptian art showing a farmer and the resulting bountiful harvest of his labor. Having been slaves in Egypt for many years, the Israelites picture of provision is not very far from…  Continue reading...

  Pastor Bernard Marquez of Victory Fort hosts Marriage Boosters 2012. This is the Fort's annual offering for a marriage tune-up. This year's booster was iMarriage from the teaching series of Andy Stanley. At the end of…  Continue reading...

They were slaves for over 400 years and yet it hadn't been 3 months (Ex. 16:1) and already they were complaining. Like the Israelites when we encounter lack, discomfort and fear we tend to complain. That's human nature. "The…  Continue reading...

Held in China, Every Nation's Asian Apostolic Team met for this year's first half plans. Approximately 127 churches are covered by this team in Northern Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and South East Asia. I love being…  Continue reading...

Love Letters is an exhibit by Yellow Door Gallery where Marie and David (our second son) were featured. The exhibit was at the Rockwell Power Plant Mall. This is the second time both of them were invited to the exhibit. Thank…  Continue reading...

For more than 26 years Marie and I have always been blessed with small groups. We've had all men, all women small groups, early morning, mid-morning, evening groups, groups made up of businesspeople, youth, pastors, foreigners,…  Continue reading...

The often asked question is "Why do I have to suffer anyway?" The reality is given the prevalence of sin we most likely will all experience some measure of suffering in our lives. This reality forces us to ask the right question,…  Continue reading...

Third in a four part post on Tim Keller's book King's Cross: "Christina Kelly was a successful editor of young women's magazines; over a period of several years she was on staff of Elle Girl, YM, Jane, and Sassy. Some years…  Continue reading...

This is my first trip to Hing Kong this year. Picture above is from pastor Sam Ng of Every Nation church in Hong Kong. Sam is the one kneeling extreme left wearing a red t-shirt. He has had major inroads in Lingnan University…  Continue reading...

In page 78 of Tim Keller's King's Cross, he writes: "In her book Creed and Chaos? Sayers said that over the previous century and more, politics had operated on the following basis: What was wrong with human society was not…  Continue reading...