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We have just posted a new sermon called Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Serious Call to Sexual Purity. Here’s an excerpt:

I am not a big celebrity guy. I would rather read a year old Sporting News than a freshly minted People magazine. But I did take note of the now...

I confess to never having thought about the question until a friend raised it in an email recently.

Anyone who hasn’t noticed the increased tension between science and religion over the last few decades, needs to get out a little more. Today,...

Here's a one-sentence prayer that is as profound as it is simple. And it is a prayer for every day.

There is much that I admire about the culture and the people of Korea. I was in Seoul for the 1988 Olympics and got to see the warmth and dignity...

I do not tire of quoting Jess Moody who said that people choose a church with their noses. They can smell the joy.

Yesterday I posted a rather fanciful look at how “man’s best friend” could teach Christians a lot about evangelism. I was heartened and bit...

What happened on Monday at Virginia Tech was unspeakably evil, but it is not the last word. It is not even the last word this week as we have seen...

There are few things more pathetic than a middle-aged Dad trying to be hip. I usually do it to fulfill my contractual obligation to embarrass my...

The senseless massacre at Virginia Tech is but the latest in a long line of tragedies, like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Indonesian tsunami,...

A recent edition of The New York Times contained two stories that, at first glance, would not seem to be related. On the front page, an article...

In the last 18 months I have come to a few conclusions about how to quickly gauge the health of the churches we visit--either to preach or simply...

April 15th is not my favorite day of the year. Traditional tax day is never fun for a guy who is organizationally challenged. My idea of being...

Tomorrow morning I am preaching at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. This is a special treat for a number of reasons. The...