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Expressing Appropriate Gratitude (Luke 11

Expressing Appropriate Gratitude (Luke 17:11-19) – Sonnenberg

Then Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”  This story in Luke’s Gospel illustrates both positive and negative responses to the good things that we have from God’s hand.

Instructions for Husbands (1 Peter 3:7) 1

Instructions for Husbands (1 Peter 3:7) – Sonnenberg

1 Peter 3:7.  It’s hard to get more practical than Pastor Dan did preaching from this verse in 1 Peter.  Husbands, we have work to do! God help us do our duty with joy and love. To listen to the podcast scroll to the bottom of this page. 1 Peter 3:7 (NAU) You husbands in […]

Changing Lives Through Teaching the King1

Changing Lives Through Teaching the Kingdom of God

As we consider who we are called to reach with the Gospel in this area, I noticed a good article on the effect of teaching about the kingdom of God in a particular kind of neighborhood. It includes the following quote which I consider to be a good definition of the kingdom of God.

Pastor’s Family Update with Fall Foliage

Pastor’s Family Update with Fall Foliage Photos

          My wife Beth and our oldest son Stephen have been with me in Ohio for almost two months now. It’s been great having them here. We miss our younger son James, but he’s doing well in Wilmington working at New Hanover hospital and continuing his nursing classes at UNCW.

Tim Keller on Evangelistic Worship

Tim Keller on Evangelistic Worship

Pastor Tim Keller shares what I think are some very helpful ideas about preparing for and communicating the gospel to unbelievers in Sunday worship. To understand what he means by “evangelistic worship” you may need to read the entire article. He doesn’t mean using a pre-packaged form of “seeker-sensitive” or “traditional” worship. He believes worship […]

Tim Keller on Preaching to a Mixed Audie1

Tim Keller on Preaching to a Mixed Audience

I appreciate the work of Pastor Tim Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian in downtown Manhattan in New York City. Over the past twenty years he has brought the Gospel to bear on a generation of mostly professionals who are now corporately seeking to renew the city “socially, spiritually and culturally.” An excerpt from his blog on […]

Link to My Other Blogs

Link to My Other Blogs

If you’d like to see some of my other blogs, click on this link or the title of this post to go to the blog I’ve kept since 2007. It contains a variety of articles, papers and hymns I’ve written and some of my photography.

Family’s Move to Ohio Completed

Family’s Move to Ohio Completed

I am happy to announce our family’s move to Northwest Ohio is completed! As you can imagine, we’re still living out of boxes, but at least we’re together again. We’re living in the spacious second floor apartment of a farm house owned by one the Stonebridge families surrounded by beautiful, green soybean fields.