My father frowned on the notion of married people renewing their vows. “When you renew your vows, it implies you broke those vows—or at least that you didn’t take them seriously the first time.” Daddy took vows seriously. There was no way he would need to renew his—not when those vows shaped his life likeContinue reading “RENEW YOUR VOWS. Revelation 2:4-5.”
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THE FROG IN THE POT, Part Two.
Have you memorized your favorite temperature setting? Do you find yourself adjusting the thermostat over and over, all day long? Do you run the heat at night and the air conditioner the very next day—every day? Some people are more sensitive to temperature changes than others. Some notice the slightest deviation, while others—like the proverbialContinue reading “THE FROG IN THE POT, Part Two.”
THE FROG IN THE POT, Part One.
I mentioned the “frog in the pot story” recently. Al Gore once told the story this way: “If a frog jumps into a pot of boiling water, it jumps right out again because it senses the danger. But if the very same frog jumps into a pot of lukewarm water that is slowly brought toContinue reading “THE FROG IN THE POT, Part One.”
THE SCANDAL OF THE SERMON ILLUSTRATION. Ezekiel 1-4.
We have gotten carried away with sermon illustrations. One Sunday morning I turned on the television to discover that Woodlands, Texas, pastor Kerry Shook had had truckload after truckload of dirt hauled into his church and piled on the stage. Stage left bore a thirty-foot mound of dirt and stage right bore a thirty-foot moundContinue reading “THE SCANDAL OF THE SERMON ILLUSTRATION. Ezekiel 1-4.”
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