Why do so many of us battle with prayerlessness? Maybe because we're not sure that prayer changes anything; Maybe because we believe that doing and praying are two opposite things; Maybe because we've been taught that the best we can…
Thomas Lievesley Rowlands. My paternal grandfather. A man of few words. Quiet by nature. Born to a family of millers in Bristol, England. A son of Victorian England in style and manner. Regarding faith, a Quaker. Emigrated to South Africa…
During our Pastors’ Round Table Discussion yesterday, Dr. Steven Land from Pentecostal Theological Seminary, referred pastors to Dr. Robert Gagnon’s website for more information on the current challenge to a Biblical view on homosexuality. For those who are interested, here…
There is a great deal of debate today on how the Christian should live, dissecting the New Testament, separating the words of Jesus from other New Testament writers, and assigning different values to different authors or passages. Rather arrogant of…
Rita and I were living in San Diego when the prophetic ministry of Keith Green took the contemporary Christian music scene by storm. I still listen to some of his songs. One of them is the title of this blog…
Dear Northwest Pastors, In a class I took from Eugene Peterson on Pastoral Theology, at Regent College, he encouraged pastors to have their ministries shaped by books on ministry and the church, written two to five hundred years back. Contemporary…
The wheel was first introduced in human history around 3500 BC by potters, but likely not used for transportation until 3000 BC. So, by Moses' day and the exodus (1440 BC), it would have been fairly common to see crude…
In observance of National Day of Prayer the city of Edmonds in Washington State will be hosting a community prayer breakfast this Thursday, May 4, 2017 from 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM. If you live in the area, plan on…
When our girls were in elementary school, and a grey Northwest winter was getting the better of us, we would all go to the Family Fun Center, here in Edmonds, to play games and ride go-karts. Besides "Frogger," my favorite…
I was in Phoenix for a few days last week with my adult daughter, Kathryn, when her back went out on her. I mean, out! On the floor, unable to move, roll over or sit up. After an hour of…