Binding the Wounds

Binding the Wounds

I went for a walk this past Wednesday evening through the neighborhood where I grew up on Broadway Street in Danville.  When I passed our old house, I had a flashback of fighting with Ricky Smith, the boy who lived across the street from us.  It wasn’t much of a...
Ignorance and Infallibility

Ignorance and Infallibility

Well, it’s been an interesting week, theologically speaking.  Robert Jeffress, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, informed us that God has given Donald Trump the authority to use nuclear weapons against North Korea, which, I don’t know about you, but...
Ignorance and Infallibility

You Need To Get Lost

I was riding my motorcycle home from the farmhouse early in the week, from Paoli to Danville, and got to thinking of all the times I had been on Highway 37, driving it several times a month for the past 33 years, well over a thousand times.  It occurred to me, as I...
Ignorance and Infallibility

A Few Thoughts on Unity

Ah, the weekend of the Fourth of July.  The flags are flying.  I walked through the neighborhood last night and could smell hamburgers being cooked on grills up and down the street.  I know there are vegetarians in the meeting, but that is a religion I have never...
Ignorance and Infallibility

What Do You Want to Solve?

One of the most rewarding things about traveling and giving speeches is the people you meet and the things you learn.  Earlier this spring I was down in Jasper and this man, he was an older man, maybe in his upper 70’s, told me how last fall, just before Thanksgiving,...