God punished Sodom and Gomorrah for several reasons, one is to teach us some things we need to learn.

The greatness of Jesus on display during his arrest gives us confidence in his victory and love for us. Listen to my morning sermon from last Sunday to hear more.

Beautiful beans from Bonita Bean in Willcox, AZ.

mixed uncooked beans

ETS et al. meeting online this year is a bummer in some ways, but good for folks like me who can attend now.

Monsoons arrived on Saturday.

Ouch! The key pad at the gas station was so hot today I had to take breaks typing my PIN.

I published a new issue of Covenant Chronicle today. Updates about the church. Lots to praise God for. This marks the re-emergence of our print church newsletter that ran out of steam a while back. Though not as pretty, I pray that this e-version will be more sustainable.

I want to live someday “in that world where such absurd and inhuman distinctions are unknown", just like Theodore Sedgwick Wright.

Dr. Steve Baugh is a role model for me in so many ways. #deepwork is one of them, which comes out some in his conversation with @rscottclark about 37 years of teaching the Greek NT.

To better understand what it means to be “not of this world”, read What Did Jesus Mean by “The World”? by @Nick_Batzig.

Took the kids up to Mt. Hopkins today. We stopped just up the road from from the Smithsonian Whipple Observatory. Down the hill, this momma and calf were on the open range.

dirt road near Whipple Observatorycows on the open range

John Calvin:

To sum up everything in a word: The cross of Christ finally trumps in believers’ hearts—over the devil, the flesh, sin, and the wicked—when their eyes are turned to the power of the resurrection.

I’m going to try syndicating my posts to Twitter for a while.

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Jump over to whimsical.club. With so many overly-serious websites these days, it’s fun to explore some “websites that spark joy.” HT: @chrisaldrich

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I’ve tried to follow the directions but can’t figure out how to get canonical urls automatically added to tweets that have been cross-posted from micro.blog. @help any suggestions?

Did you know you can follow and even reply to some blogs that are not directly connected to the Micro.blog network?