When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!

The path marked Pride will lead you over a cliff.

Because of Bethlehem, I have a friend in heaven.

You can climb too high for your own good. Linger too long at high altitudes and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims.

I have some friends whose sermons are extremely practical - so practical that I can put them right to use. I'm trying to learn how to do that better; but I don't think my approach or style really has changed in these 30 years. Whether that's good or bad I don't know, but I don't think it has.

Were studying in Philippians, and Im trying to figure out this passage, Paul says I want to know Christ. What does that mean? See, hes fascinated by Jesus. I think thats a desire Id like to have on my heart, to know more about Jesus.

I really enjoyed reading the writings of Fredrick Buechner, I havent read anything by him in probably a decade but about 20 years ago I read four or five books of his and it helped me.