My reading in Genesis this week took me to chapter 39, and a thought occurred to me that I have never considered. Potiphar was the captain of Pharaoh's guard. Joseph was his slave, and was sent to prison because of a false accusation by Potiphar's wife. Joseph eventually became, a few years later, the #2 … Continue reading Three Things Loved or Learned
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I know some guys who get together once a week to play golf. Or to watch sports on TV. I know some guys, myself included, who meet with other men once a week for coffee and conversation, in an effort to help each other grow in the Lord and be faithful to our wives and … Continue reading Meet Me at the Sauna
I am using Robert Murray M'Cheyne's Read-through-the Bible-plan this year, and I love it. It will take me through the New Testament and Psalms twice, and the Old Testament once. In a normal day you will read 4 chapters, two from the Old and two from the New. If you don't want to read that … Continue reading Three things loved or learned
I remember many years ago hearing one of my relatives talk about an associate pastor at his church in another city who was getting ready to leave and take a church somewhere else. “He’s the smartest man I have ever heard, when it comes to the Bible,” the man said. “He speaks Hebrew, Greek, even … Continue reading Simplest Truths Are Most Profound
As a pastor, I have been at the bedside of the dying on multiple occasions. And I have heard from many over the years how much they appreciate the work that Hospice does to bring comfort and care in a person’s final days and hours. So, I have always known that to be true, based … Continue reading Everything You’ve Heard About Hospice is True
When our daughter Hannah was 18 months old or so, she wandered off down the beach one day. I had heard horror stories about children wandering off like that and being abducted, or walking into the water and being pulled under by the current. We heard about a family who arrived at the beach for … Continue reading He is the Seeker, We Are the Lost
J. Mark Fox 