Pursuing Holiness
This is a book of devotions. Each one is a response to what
the Lord says to us in a passage from the New Testament. They are being offered to encourage, inspire and help any disciple of Christ who is serious
about pursuing holiness. These devotions are for preachers and laypersons alike. I believe that anyone who reads these passages of Scripture and these
devotional reflections in response to them will be helped.
Action! The Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark is regarded by most Bible scholars as the earliest of the four Gospels. It is the
briefest and those most like it, namely Matthew and Luke, follow the general order of Mark.
Whether it was written first or not, the message of Mark contains truth enough to inform and
save all who will believe its witness to Jesus Christ.
I have not written in technical language for biblical scholars. I write for laypersons without training
in the fields of interpretation, and especially for those who are getting into the Gospel of Mark for
the first time
(taken from "Introduction" of "Action! The Gospel of Mark")
This Jesus
Let
me tell you why I wrote this little book. First of all, I love Jesus and
I welcome any means of telling others about Him. Second, I am troubled
by "emergent theory" that is moving toward an "emergent church."
Leaders of this "conversation" or "movement" call themselves
"post-modern" and I guess if you need a tag that one is about as good as
another. My concern about them springs from their distortions of
Scripture and their diminishing of Jesus ...
More disturbing to me is the fact that the Jesus they talk about is not
the Jesus of Scripture ...
Only the Jesus disclosed to us in the New Testament is relevant to our
times and adequate for our salvation. To diminish Him is to destroy
ourselves.
(taken from "Introduction" of "This
Jesus")
The Woman God Gave Me
Adam said
it first--"the woman you gave me..." He was talking to God and trying to
alibi his disobedience by blaming it on his wife and on God who gave him
that wife. When I talk to God about the woman He gave me, I praise Him
for her. She deserves no blame for any wrong I've ever done, and
deserves much credit for all the good I've ever done I saw Doris for the
first time when I was sixteen. I was walking away from our house with a
friend. She was walking alone in the opposite direction. My friend
greeted her and introduced me ... After a few dates with her I was in
love. She had a smile that rivaled sunlight. She was genuine and witty.
She saw something good in everyone and carried no grudges. Her laughter
was spontaneous, and her sympathies were genuine. I decided that I
wanted to serve a life-sentence with her.
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Come In! The Door's Open
Dr. Nelson Perdue, Tenured Evangelist, Church of the Nazarene writes
of the author ...
He opens the Gospel of John and gives us deep insights into the Life and
Ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ. He presents Christ as "The Door"
through which all must walk to enter into His Kingdom. Everyone who
reads this book, in which Christ is the central theme, will be informed,
instructed and inspired as they make their pilgrimage to a better world.
Square Peg
"This
is my memoir. It is not a history of local, state, national, or world
events. This is not biographical vignettes of other people. The focus is
narrow, virtually confined to what went on in my life--which is
something like beating the humdrum. I am not rich, famous, or even
colorful. I have written this memoir for family members from whom I have
been often separated in time and space. They are especially for my
children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Anyone else who is
curious enough to read them should keep that in mind. I chose the title
because it fits me. I have been, throughout my career, the proverbial
square peg in a round hole. I have often been a substitute and nearly
always a misfit. Nevertheless, life has been good and I have no
complaints.
