Frankly Speaking

My dad and I drove over to Mangum, Oklahoma this afternoon just to see what was going on at the annual Rattlesnake Derby there. . . . It...

A few days ago, I started reading the newish book by Oxford church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch, Christianity: The First Three Thousand Yea...

This is the second of two posts about teaching Buddhism using the 1999 movie Fight Club . So if you haven't read the last entry here, yo...

Good teachers are always looking for new ways to effectively communicate their subjects. They want to use the best methods possible in order...

A church that imagines it stands beyond history, beyond conformity to culture, beyond sin, and beyond tragic misunderstandings and miscalcul...

Next Sunday morning, I'll be speaking at the Colonies Church of Christ here in Amarillo. Their preacher, Dick Marcear , had knee-replace...

Over the next few months, the San Jacinto Church of Christ will once again play host to Dr. Bill Humble. Now retired from Abilene Christian ...

A week ago last Friday, on February 4th, I received word that Earl Irvin West had died that morning. He was 90 years old. For those who do...

Last night on my way home from work, the car thermometer said it was 4 degrees Fahrenheit outside. But there was something else even more si...

Tucked away in 2 Peter chapter 1 is a great passage that deals mainly with two things: what God has done for his people, and what he expects...

Two new articles that are especially noteworthy: 1. It's time for me and other college instructors to really roll up our sleeves and mak...

A few years ago, I developed the following lesson plan for a unit on the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament course that I teach at Amarillo...