March 18, 2020
My wife Dina and I just returned from eight days on the ground in Israel. We were with a tour group and each morning our leader and teacher would ask for prayer requests. Please forgive my, perhaps glaring spiritual weakness, […]
November 14, 2019
Jesus stated plainly his mission was to show to us and deliver to us a new Life: “I have come so that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10) Let’s pause and ask ourselves, “What […]
November 6, 2019
“In him was life and that life was the light of the world.” John 1:4 How would you tell the story of your best friend to those who have never met him or her? Would you add more facts and […]
October 30, 2019
I truly hope you will join us as we dig into the greatest story ever told. We’re starting with John’s Gospel. Eugene Peterson best explains why: Matthew, Mark and Luke write like kayakers on a swiftly flowing river with occasional […]
October 16, 2019
Drinking Rat Poison and Waiting on the Rat to Die “But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” (Matt. 6:15) Is there someone in your life you struggle to forgive? Is there any […]
October 9, 2019
In everyone there is something of his fellow man … Hence, “Love your neighbor”—for he is really you yourself.” —Rabbi Moses Cordovero Last week, we introduced the idea of the rulebook and the playbook in sports. The rulebook is considered […]
September 25, 2019
For our third Putting Green, I continue my push to reset your perspective on the Bible so that you will read it more. Not more in terms of quantity, necessarily, unless you are like many of my friends who barely […]
May 8, 2019
On resurrection Sunday Jesus had to open his followers’ eyes so they could truly see him for who he is, and see the scriptures for what they say about him. Before this they were seeing with the eyes of their […]
May 1, 2019
Last week we looked at two encounters with Jesus on Resurrection Sunday. The first with the two men on the road to Emmaus that Sunday afternoon: When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke […]
April 3, 2019
For the past several weeks the 721 groups have been studying the book of Daniel. Beth Moore has a series on Daniel and in one of her sessions she read the poem below. It is written by a woman […]
February 21, 2019
My daughter Britton is marrying Finch this Saturday, so if you will indulge me, I would like to vary from my usual Putting Green format and relate a personal message from my heart to Finch. (And perhaps to you, […]
January 31, 2019
Last week we saw that when the Babylonian king demanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego conform to his culture and bow down to his “I am” statue, they said to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend […]