Lance Hickerson (Page 6)

This past April I wrote a letter to the religious editor and the area reporter of The Tennessean newspaper calling attention to unfair coverage of a local event and subsequent termination of my subscription.  Something of importance to me is nonprejudicial coverage of religious matters (under your category Faith and Values).  I was especially disappointed with the coverage of the Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rally on March 23rd.  There was some adequate On Line coverage the day of, but…

What follows is a meditation on holiness based on quotations from many places, framed with Scripture.  Thanks to Precept Austin which led me to quite a few helpful ones.  The quotations are arranged such that they make for a (hopefully) complete meditation.   LH   Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 So that…

Pursuing Holiness: Enter Lolo Jones Pursuing holiness opens the door for intimacy with the Lord and joy inexpressible. By nature it is costly on some levels. Holy living sets anyone apart, which means being different and thereby a target for derision and misunderstanding. This came out with talk about the praying NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, and it has recently made news with who might well be the female counterpart to Tebow—Lolo Jones. An Iowa native, Miss Jones is a 29-year…

What would the Resurrection be without the Ascension? It is encouraging to see how the events of redemption build upon one another. The Incarnation of Jesus as the firstborn son of Mary is a profound event of “God with us.” But the wondrous birth would mean little if Jesus did not live and minister among us as the Son of man and the Son of God. Jesus‟ lived a wondrous life, but His miracles and purity might benefit only a…

Years ago (as in 1976) James Sire came out with a book that  would become a classic in Christian world view entitled, The Universe Next Door:  a basic world view catalogue.  It has since expanded into a fourth edition, but the heading for the “Christian Theism” chapter remains the same:  “A universe charged with the grandeur of God.”  Sire is highlighting a line from Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem, “God’s Grandeur,” the first four lines of which are quoted to…

What do Bird Watching and Preaching have in Common? A prominent journalist was interviewing John Stott several years ago and thought it was unusual that the second most known preacher in the world (Billy Graham being most known) was an avid bird watcher. He asked Stott, “What does bird watching have in common with preaching?” Stott‟s answer is instructive for us all. LH I think it t has this in common, that the God we believe in, the God of…

Faithful Wisdom from THE Coach of the Past Century: John Wooden   John Wooden (1910-2010) lived within four months of being 100 and had a profound influence on those he coached.  He is famous for building the UCLA basketball dynasty that won 10 NCAA national championships (including seven in a row), eighty-eight straight games and four non-defeated seasons.  He was a public figure and a man of faith who made no apologies for being a Christian.  Wooden read the Bible…

Here is a collage I made that is helpful to me in meditating on John 13:1-18 and Jesus’ washing His disciples’ feet.  LH