Indeed, baptism is a vow, a sacred vow of the believer to follow Christ. Just as a wedding celebrates the fusion of two hearts, baptism celebrates the union of sinner with Savior.

Sometimes I wonder if we don't see Christ's love as much in the people he tolerated as in the pain he endured.

I noticed people would read these short articles I was assigned to write for our church bulletin and they would say, Boy, thats good stuff. I got letters from people around the country saying, Thats really good. And I thought, Is it really?

Where we might think of sin as slip-ups or missteps, God views sin as a godless attitude that leads to godless action.

I don't know if I'll always be a pastor.

God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.

We might question God's actions, decisions, or declarations. But we can never, ever question his zany, stunning, unquenchable affection.