Learning the 10 Commandments
Back when I was teaching a Sunday School class in Franklin, I discovered that most of the teenage kids could not recite the Ten Commandments or the books of the Bible. Regardless of your particular theological bent, those seemed pretty fundamental to me. So we discussed why it was that none of them knew such basic info despite being raised in church. Not only had no one ever taken the time to teach them, no one had taken the time to teach the kids how to learn and how to remember (one of my chief complaints with standard outcome-based education).So, utilizing a standard mnemonic technique, I made up a quick way for the kids to not only memorize the commandments, but to be abl

Update on mom
Thanks for all the prayers and moral support. I just spoke with my sister and the morning tests (angiogram) have revealed that mom did not have a genuine heart attack, despite the symptoms. She does have moderate blockage in two upper arteries, which caused an A-fib. My understanding is that the blood was being forced between the two upper chambers, being hampered by the blockages, which caused the weakness and heart attack-like symptoms. The doctor said it was "a good report." They are going to treat her with meds: blood thinners (aspirin), Lipator for her high cholesterol, and another med to regular her heart rate. Mom said she's feeling well and she will likel

Prayers For My Mother
I was informed this evening that my mother suffered a heart attack last night.

Thanks for asking
As people have been listening to last Sunday morning's message ("I Chose You Out Of The World"), they heard that I was preaching from a chair due to a back injury. I've received very kind messages and inquiries concerning my situation, so here's the story.I've always had back trouble as a result of years hunched over drums, pianos, mixing consoles, etc. And I've had a long, mostly-beneficial relationship with chiropractors. As the years have progressed my spine has become more problematic and I have a degenerative disk in my lower lumbar (insert your own degenerate joke here). I first injured it when Megan was quite young and was asleep in the back seat of the car. I attemp

John Piper discusses the Millennium
I like eschatology. It's a subject I've spent years and years studying and I've taught extensively on the subject. Not only have I written a book in defense of the pretribulation rapture (found here) but our website includes 112 hour-long messages on the topic (found here).So, it wasn't surprising that I received several notices, emails, and Facebook links informing me of a roundtable discussion on the subject of the Millennium, hosted and moderated by John Piper. In Piper's own words: