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I always start these posts feeling like not much has happened this week, but then the posts seem to fill out as I start writing. 1. In my wo...

1. The big news this past week is the official publication of Explanatory Notes on the Sermon of Hebrews . This was with Cascade Publishing,...

I have two sets of books that I have written. First, there are the books I have published with established publishers. These range from Camb...

Happy birthday to my son Thomas today! Stefanie's birthday was yesterday, and Sophie's birthday is tomorrow. Gather ye rosebuds whil...

1. The weeks pass by one after the other. I regularly reflect on the fact that I have rarely stopped to enjoy them or "smell the roses....

I'm tempted to put "same old, same old" down for this week. The main different thing that I did this week was to launch a cour...

This week flew by. Four big moments. I preached last Sunday at College Wesleyan Church. I flew on a private plane to Missouri and back on We...

August 13, 2023 College Wesleyan Church Text: Micah 6:1-8 Introduction Harry Potter, Order of the Phoenix -- Bad guys come after Harr...

Here are some brief thoughts on this last week. 1. Been some crazy weeks. My organization, Campus Edu, has really hit its stride. We built s...

Had a bizarre thought today, the kind you would expect from me. I am now using ChatGPT extensively for research. It has to be double-checked...

It's been another week that flashed by. Not sure I have much of great interest to share. I spent a good bit of time in the second half o...

I've been working in the "innards" of a micro-course for Kingswood Learn featuring Chris Bounds: "Basic Christian Belief...

It's been a completely boring week except for the fact that I came back from Canada with COVID. I had some symptoms I didn't think m...

Thanks to Jerry Pattengale, I have a side project for the next few months. My job is to examine a particular translation for theological and...

Silver Lake Wesleyan Camp July 9, 2023 Scripture: Jonah 3:6-4:2 Introduction Children's church: I feel like I only got the first two, ...

1. I spent the week at Silver Lake Wesleyan Camp in Ontario. I was the Bible teacher, and we made our way through Romans "backward,...

I'm the Bible teacher at Silver Lake Wesleyan Camp this week. I thought I'd follow Scot McKnight 's lead and work somewhat backw...

I spent some time these last couple of days reflecting on my summer goals. With regard to this blog, I thought it would be nice to establish...

I had an idea. A Pastor's Brief Guide to Business . 240 pages later, it's done. ChatGPT is very good at aggregating information, esp...

I think of my dad fairly often. Most of us probably think of our dads like that. He died 11 years ago. I tend to think of him in two ways:  ...