The Blog Entries:

  • Graveside Grief

    April 9, 2013 A Personal Note from Max Lucado…

    Our hearts go out to Rick and Kay Warren. Since we heard the news of their son’s sudden passing, my wife Denalyn and I have felt such sadness on their behalf. I’m sure you have felt the same. The Warrens, who mean so much to so many of us, find themselves fa…

  • With Christ You Can

    March 31, 2013
    The women who buried Jesus on Friday returned to visit him early Sunday morning.  They brought spices and perfumes to anoint the body.  What they found is the substance of Easter hope:  no stone in front of the grave, no body within the grave.  They found an angel, clothed in white, seated on …

  • The Silence of Saturday

    March 30, 2013

    Jesus is silent on Saturday.  The women have anointed his body and placed it in Joseph’s tomb.  The cadaver of Christ is as mute as the stone which guards it.  He spoke much on Friday. He will liberate the slaves of death on Sunday.  But on Saturday, Jesus is silent.

    So is God.  He mad…

  • How Jesus Faced His Friday

    March 29, 2013
    Everyone struggled on crucifixion Friday:  The disciples struggled to keep faith.  Pilate struggled to save face.  Faithful women struggled to help Jesus.  Pharisees struggled to discredit Jesus.  Soldiers struggled to hurt Jesus.

    But no one struggled more than Jesus.  People called him a…

  • Your Prayers Matter Because You Do

    March 7, 2013
    When I was a high schooler, my friends and I spent a Friday night in a part of the county where we did not belong. As far as my parents knew, I was at the local ice creamery enjoying a treat with my friends. Actually, we were twenty miles away from home, in the country, looking for fun on a countr…

  • The Christmas Candle

    March 2, 2013 December evenings in Texas resist the holiday spirit. They tend to be balmy and warm, more tropical than polar. But I remember one in 2004 that cooperated. A chill was in the air. Winter was creeping southward.  We bundled up in our winter coats and drove to the nearby high school for a Christmas b…

  • Newtown. New Hope.

    January 16, 2013 Ten thousand people packed a Bridgeport arena Tuesday night for an evening of hope and healing. At least 1.3 million others watched online from as far away as Thailand. People in 100 countries, on six continents were represented.

    Generous donors underwrote the event. Production, stage, and sound …

  • A Christmas Prayer

    December 14, 2012 Dear Jesus,

    It’s a good thing you were born at night. This world sure seems dark. I have a good eye for silver linings. But they seem dimmer lately.

    These killings, Lord.  These children, Lord.  Innocence violated.  Raw evil demonstrated.

    The whole world seems on edge. Trigger-happy. T…

  • Christians On Message

    November 7, 2012 It’s a political term to be sure. And haven’t we heard it ad nauseum over the last 18 months? Republicans attempting to stay “on message.” Democrats resolving to swing the party back “on message.” The phrase carries the idea of the central theme, the big points, the idea we exist to prom…

  • The Power of Election Prayer

    November 6, 2012 Let others lose sleep over the election.  Let others grow bitter from party or petty rivalries.  Let others cast their hope with the people of the elephant or the donkey.  Not followers of Jesus.  We place our trust in the work of God.
    How many kings has he seen come and go?  How many nations …

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