Why is Death so Difficult?

It’s one of the hardest things I do as a pastor. No matter how many times I do it, it doesn’t get any easier. When a family loses a loved one it’s painful, but when we leave the cemetery after a graveside service the pain is ratcheted up. On more than one occasion, walking back to my car, I’ve uttered … Read More

Feelings, truth and the promises of God

At the beginning of Moses’ ministry, God made him a promise: β€œI will be with you” (Exodus 3:12). At his retirement, 40 years later it was said of him, β€œAnd there has not arisen a prophet . . . like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, none like him for all the signs and the wonders that the LORD … Read More