Are you ready to hit the road again? Next Monday (the Lord willing) , February 5, we will begin our second season of The Road to Somewhere. We will be exploring Route 66 through the state of Missouri and working our way through the historical books of the Old Testament, beginning with Joshua. There are twelve stops in Missouri,… Continue reading On the Road Again
Say it again, “Sam”
In Session Six we come to the end of our first season of The Road to Somewhere. We hit Mitchell, Illinois and the Luna Café, one of Al Capone’s regular stops in the 1930s. Today it is a bar and restaurant. Then it also had an illegal gambling casino in the basement and a brothel upstairs. Mitchell… Continue reading Say it again, “Sam”
Wandering
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf the wizard quotes from a poem titled “The Riddle of Strider” the famous words, “All who wander are not lost.” These words do not apply to the nation of Israel in the book of Numbers. You might change the words to “All who wander are sometimes lost.” In… Continue reading Wandering
Put the Top Up!
Leaving Funks Grove and heading to Springfield, John and Joy put the top up on the Vette and head for the land of Lincoln. Episode Four takes them to their first night’s stop. With separate rooms, the two stay at the President Lincoln Hotel. After checking in, they head to the Lincoln memorial where Abraham Lincoln and many… Continue reading Put the Top Up!
Put the Top Down!
Today, we make our third stop on Route 66. Episode 3, of Season One, in our adventure on The Road to Somewhere, will ultimately take us to Funks Grove, where we will shoot our third video (to go with the lecture on Exodus). We have just been to Joliet and Rich and Creamy Ice Cream visiting… Continue reading Put the Top Down!
On the Road Again
I hope you will join us as we undertake an epic journey down Route 66 and through the Bible. Since we are approaching this from a bit of a different angle, you can think of this first session as Episode 1, of Season 1 ,ofThe Road to Somewhere. This first session serves as an introduction to the… Continue reading On the Road Again
The Road to Armageddon?
I intended to send out a reminder that our new series on The Road to Somewhere begins next Monday (the Lord willing). But events of the weekend have prompted me to say a few things about what is happening in the world. As of today, all we know is that Israel has been savagely attacked by Iranian backed Palestinian… Continue reading The Road to Armageddon?
Final Things
With Session #8, we come to the end of our study in the book of Galatians. Good news: there will be no final exam! In this final session we will look at the four exhortations Paul gives the churches of Galatian as he brings this letter to a close. Since this might be the earliest written letter in… Continue reading Final Things
Life in the Spirit
If we are not under any kind of law, how are we supposed to function as believers on a day-to-day basis? If we are under grace, does that mean we can do anything we want and still be in the right relationship with God? In Session #7, we are going to take a good look at the… Continue reading Life in the Spirit
The Holy Spirit
I made a mistake. I told you in Session #1 of our study in the book of Galatians that there were two main themes. That is true in the first four chapters. But beginning in Chapter 5 Paul introduces a critically important topic. If we are not under Law, how do we act under Grace? The answer is found in… Continue reading The Holy Spirit