Inspiration for the Week – God’s Amazing Grace

One of my favorite artist’s these days is Wintley Phipps. I had never heard of him until late last year when I happened across the video clip below on another blog. In this clip Wintley tells the story of the origin of the tune to Amazing Grace, one of the most cherished hymns of our [...]

Horton Hears a Who’s Beautiful Message

Tonight Val and I are going to take the girls to see Horton Hears a Who as a part of ESBC’s children’s ministry spring break outing. As much as I hate to admit it, it will be our third time to see it. Val went last week with Katherine’s preschool class. I went the next day [...]

What Happens When we S.U.F.F.E.R. for the cause of Christ?

Those of you who are observant noticed that the original question in the previous post that advertised this post has changed from “Next Post: What does it mean to S.U.F.F.E.R. for the cause of Christ” to “Next Post: What happens when we S.U.F.F.E.R. for the cause of Christ?”. There are six observations that I want [...]

Reflections on Polycarp

The account of Polycarp detailed in the last post is a story that is challenges me on a personal level.  Every time I read it I am confronted with the question:
Would I be willing to suffer such great persecution and even lay down my life in the most cruel of fashions because of my love for and [...]

Polycarp

It was the early church father Tertullian who said “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.”  There was an old saint of God named Polycarp, the Bishop of Smyrna, whose blood was shed for the sake of the Gospel.  He refused to deny Christ even as he knew that the horrid [...]