born and raised twice in the bay, I preach Jesus and him crucified
Charles Colson (left) with White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman.Photo: Jack Kightlinger / White House Photo / Nixon Presidential Library and Museum / NARA "I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because twelve men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, and then they proclaimed... Continue Reading →
"Altar Site at Tel Dan.” Photograph taken May 19, 2022 at Tel Dan There is a decision most of us have made that we do not like to call what it was. We dressed it up. We called it wisdom, or prudence, or reading the room. We told ourselves we were being practical, that we... Continue Reading →
This week, I had the absolute joy of performing the wedding ceremony for my son Jesse and his bride Jenna. I have preached funerals, led worship services through grief, and stood at bedsides in the middle of the night. But there is something particular about standing before friends and family to officiate a covenant for... Continue Reading →
There is a particular kind of restlessness that comes from chasing what doesn't satisfy. You know it: the promotion that felt hollow after you got it, the relationship that promised fulfillment but delivered complexity, the approval you worked so hard to win that evaporated the moment you let someone down. We accumulate, achieve, and arrange... Continue Reading →
Some falls are explosive. Others happen out of sight. Solomon’s fall did not start with a public denial. It started with loves that felt workable. Alliances that felt wise. Choices that looked manageable. Then Scripture speaks with clean force. His heart turned. “Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh:... Continue Reading →
Phillip W. Martin 