I’ve been thinking about May a lot. It is an important month in my life. This May especially so. That’s because on the 9th I’ll be turning 40 years old. On the 22nd, I’ll be celebrating my 15th wedding anniversary. And in between those days, on the 17th (God willing), I’ll be ordained as a [...]

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April 23rd is St. George’s Day. Saint George was a Roman soldier who was martyred in AD 303 by the Emperor Diocletian. He willingly took a stand for his faith in Jesus Christ by speaking out against the persecutions of his fellow Christians. I imagine that he hoped his rank as an officer would give [...]

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Jeff Wenzel went home to Jesus a year ago tomorrow (April 21, 2007). Jeff was my brother-in-law. I met him when we were both students at Phoenix Seminary in 1994. He had moved to Phoenix from his hometown, Wichita, Kansas, to go to seminary. He soon started attending my church at that time, Open Door [...]

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Wow! In my last post I recommended a Presbyterian pastor to you, in this post its the writing of a Southern Baptist: Al Mohler. Mohler has written an excellent piece on marriage in which he uses the Anglican Book of Common Prayer as the framework. He states that the BCP gives 3 reasons for marriage: [...]

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