Post Year: 1990
How Shall We Respond to Our Broken World?
Posted onGrowing Older without Getting Old
Posted on — Leave a commentBuckle Up for the ’90s
Posted on — Leave a commentThe End of the Discipleship Era
Posted on — Leave a commentThe End of the Discipleship Era (Jan/Feb 1990)— “Discipleship resulted in unhealthy submission resulting in perverse and unbiblical obedience to human leaders . . . For the injury and shame, I repent with sorrow and ask for your forgiveness.” — Bob Mumford
New Faces – Michele Buckingham is my daughter-in-law,
Posted on — Leave a commentNew Faces – Michele Buckingham is my daughter-in-law, wife of my eldest son, Bruce.
No Pouting – After living with church people
Posted onNo Pouting – After living with church people for more than half a century, including almost 35 years as a shepherd, I remain amazed over our inability to settle disputes.
The Jesus Question – Last fall Don Williams,
Posted on — Leave a commentThe Jesus Question – Last fall Don Williams, a retired Army colonel on our pastoral staff, challenged the rest of us to read (or reread) Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship.
Restoring Fallen Leaders – Books like Tim LaHaye’s
Posted on — Leave a commentRestoring Fallen Leaders – Books like Tim LaHaye’s If Ministers Fall Can They be Restored? ought to disturb you.
A Kingdom Perspective – When you come face-to-face
Posted onA Kingdom Perspective – When you come face-to-face with the possibility that you have only a limited time left on earth–everything changes in perspective.
Standing Together – When you are frightened, alone
Posted onStanding Together – When you are frightened, alone and in a strange city, nothing can match the strong loving arm of another Christian brother around your shoulder.
A Pastor Takes His Men to Israel
Posted on — Leave a commentA Pastor Takes His Men to Israel (Ministries Today July/Aug. 1990) – The idea of taking my staff pastors to Israel first ignited when I began praying last year about my Christmas gift to them. As their senior pastor, I wanted to give them something significant, something what would express my love and appreciation for them…
(13 editions) — It’s possible to be so
Posted on — Leave a comment(13 editions) — It’s possible to be so busy doing God’s work that you don’t have time to hear God’s voice…; The diagnosis of cancer in my kidney and lymph glands instantly catapulted me into a new dimension of life…; and more…
Prophecies; Seasons in the Church; Looking into the
Posted onProphecies; Seasons in the Church; Looking into the ’90s — A Special Report
Looking Far Ahead (Survival, Loyalty, Long-term Commitment); Are
Posted on — Leave a commentLooking Far Ahead (Survival, Loyalty, Long-term Commitment); Are You a Leader or a Manager; Pastoral Management Evaluation
Evaluating the New “Prophecy Movement” (Personal Conclusions, Judging
Posted on — Leave a commentEvaluating the New “Prophecy Movement” (Personal Conclusions, Judging Prophecy)
Controversy Over Kansas City Fellowship Sputtering Out (Heresy
Posted on — Leave a commentControversy Over Kansas City Fellowship Sputtering Out (Heresy Trial Requested, Vineyard Christian Fellowship Steps In); Handling Persecution; Picking up After an Affair
FBI Warns Churches to Expect Mail Bombs; Know
Posted onFBI Warns Churches to Expect Mail Bombs; Know Thy Members – And Prospects; Church Growth Related to Ministry to Children; Management by Walking Around
Bless You All (Jamie’s diagnosis and what God
Posted on — Leave a commentBless You All (Jamie’s diagnosis and what God told him)
Creativity (January 1990) – I occasionally find myself
Posted on — Leave a commentCreativity (January 1990) – I occasionally find myself sitting, staring, at the blank screen of my word processor — the creative juices dried like cornstalks on a winter field…
No More Schlock (February 1990) – The old
Posted on — Leave a commentNo More Schlock (February 1990) – The old German schlockmeister had a stall in a back alley where he sold cheap, shoddy merchandise. Today schlock has become the byword for anything trashy. In recent years the schlockmeister has started selling Christian merchandise…
Politics, Pastors and Poets (March 1990 – The
Posted on — Leave a commentPolitics, Pastors and Poets (March 1990 – The first trip I made to Czechoslovakia was 18 years ago. I was there with a Dutch Bible smuggler. Besides distributing Bibles, we attended underground prayer meetings. One of these was held in the basement room of a university in Prague…
Evangelism’s New Leader (April 1990)
Posted onEvangelism’s New Leader (April 1990) – Following Billy Graham’s crusade in London last year, British theologian Clifford Hall wrote: “If only someone on the platform had had the faith to pray for the sick, believing that the prayer of faith prevails over sickness.”…
Healing the Hurts of Life (May 1990) –
Posted on — Leave a commentHealing the Hurts of Life (May 1990) – In his book Some Things I Have Learned Since I Knew it All, Jerry Cook tells the story of his open-heart surgery…
Holy Kissing (June 1990) – Few things traumatize
Posted on — Leave a commentHoly Kissing (June 1990) – Few things traumatize us real men any more than being kissed by another man. I vividly remember the first time it happened to me. The fellow was a transplant into our church from Ohio. Broad and bearded, he came forward after the service to introduce himself. I tried to shake his hand. Instead he kissed me on the cheek…
Legacy (July 1990) – Shortly after my dad
Posted on — Leave a commentLegacy (July 1990) – Shortly after my dad became a Christian, at age 62, he began looking around for things he could give away. Although he had been successful in his Florida business and in citrus agriculture, and had accumulated many things, giving became more important than getting. He spent the last 26 years of his life giving things away. He once told me his goal was to be like Job, also a successful businessman, who left this world as he entered it — owning nothing…
I’m Pro-Life By Choice (August 1990) – We
Posted on — Leave a commentI’m Pro-Life By Choice (August 1990) – We have four generations living in our home. Jackie’s mother, Daisy Law, is 82 years old. She has Parkinson’s disease. Some days she is fine, helping Jackie in the kitchen. Other days she can’t get out of bed. We also have Amy Kathryn Buckingham, age 10 months…
Looking Ahead (September 1990) – The last Friday
Posted on — Leave a commentLooking Ahead (September 1990) – The last Friday of June I sat in the office of a strange doctor and listened as he gave me news that has radically changed everything in my life…
Healed! (October 1990) – The diagnosis of cancer
Posted on — Leave a commentHealed! (October 1990) – The diagnosis of cancer catapulted me into a new dimension of life. Suddenly I was helpless, face-to-face with a reality that was bigger than I. Some evil force was trying to direct — to take — my life. I seemed caught in its inescapable power, no longer able to plan my future, no longer master of my body nor captain of my soul. I was wrenched and torn by a force greater than anything I had ever experienced…
Learning About Pacing (November 1990)When I was a
Posted on — Leave a commentLearning About Pacing (November 1990)When I was a child, our family made an annual pilgrimage to visit our “kissin’ cousins” in the Bluegrass state of Kentucky. I loved the beaten biscuits and fried chicken for breakfast. Most of all, I loved to watch the race horses training…
Praying For The Forgotten (December 1990) – The
Posted on — Leave a commentPraying For The Forgotten (December 1990) – The late-night phone call was from David McKemy, a young evangelist with the United Pentecostal Church. David grew up in our church and still checks in with me on a regular basis. “I’ve been praying for Jim Bakker,” he told me…