Every Friday afternoon, from 4:00 to 6:00, our Prayer Tent stands quietly on the front lawn of TCC. Cars pull in, people walk up and sit with us for prayer. Some stop out of curiosity, some out of desperation, some
Through the course of this year, I have been marking a series of “lasts.” A week ago, I presided over my last communion service as your pastor, and this is my last Pastor’s Pen. This season, as my ministry here
One of the most persistent dangers facing the evangelical church today is the quiet assumption that if we simply learn enough, we will become Christlike. It sounds reasonable. It feels safe. But Scripture tells a different story. When education becomes
Someone from the congregation (who wishes to remain anonymous) wrote this meditation during Easter and shared it with me. With their permission I am sharing it with you… One of the criminals who was hanged railed at him, saying,
I’ve been listening to some modern worship lately. Often, I am moved by the heartfelt connection to God expressed in many of the songs I hear, but recently I found myself disturbed. What I heard may have sounded good and
Luke recounts an occasion when Jesus was invited to attend a dinner at the home of a Pharisee (Lk. 14:1-24). During the meal, the subject of banquets came up, which prompted a fellow guest to make the comment, “Blessed is
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me
There’s an awful lot of groaning going on in Romans 8:22-26! Paul says that all of creation has been groaning (v. 22). We who are believers are also groaning, as we await our adoption as sons (v. 23); and even
“Freedom.” The word is constantly on our lips. It’s in our thoughts and in our cultural DNA. The Western understanding of freedom is rooted in the belief that the highest and truest expression of human dignity is found in being
