Borne!
The other day my father celebrated his 85th birthday.
His older son (my only sibling) and his two grandkids surprised him by flying in to get the festivities going. (My sister-in-law was out of the country.)
Of course, one of the obligatory activities for guests visiting ye olde city of Dallas is the visit to the Cowboys stadium. Opened in 2009, this massive structure seats 80,000 (and another 20,000 for standees) and is one of the largest NFL stadiums. Apparently it is
Revert!
If you thought all McDonald’s outlets (30,000 now in a hundred countries) were the same—golden arches, play pens, commonplace awnings, standard storefront entrances, run-of-the-same-mill façades, and habitual signage, you have another think coming.
Take for instance the establishment in New Hyde Park, NY (see picture). Hardly what one would expect of a McD undertaking. Stately and smart. Sober and subdued. Sane and stylish. (Not adjectives one would casually employ
The Aqedah (Genesis 22)
The Aqedah is the term given to the account of the “sacrifice” of Isaac by Abraham. The word is derived from the Hebrew verb ‘qd which means “to bind”—thus referring to the binding of Isaac at the altar of his sacrifice.
Then they came to the place of which God had told him;
and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood,
and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:9
The account of Abraham’s trial in Genesis
Everyone!
Last week I was in ye olde city of New Orleans, LA, enjoying the collegiality and fellowship of like-minded folks at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Homiletics Society, on the campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS). Our plenary sessions were held in NOBTS’ Leavell Chapel (pictured).
It was a great time, though your humble blogger (y.h.b.) didn’t particularly enjoy the seafood buffet served for dinner Friday night. I have never been a fan of
Isolation!
Stuck for ideas? Stalled in a project?
Most of us do get stuck and stalled in the beginning or middle or towards the end of endeavors. Now what do I do?
But then have you had this happen to you? You are explaining your difficulty—your “stuckness”—to someone else and, all of a sudden, the solution comes up, either in the other person’s comment or question, or even as you were detailing your problem. It’s like the very act of sharing an issue created the atmosphere
Pericopal Theology
A couple of months ago, I had written about the importance of the pericope in preaching. (By “pericope” I mean the manageable chunk of the biblical text employed in a sermon—i.e., a preaching text.)
And several weeks ago, I had talked about the world in front of the text, God’s ideal world, segments of which are portrayed by individual
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.