July 2010

In Celebration of God's 'Yet'

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
(Luke 22:42, NLT)

Sacredly, I knocked on the front door of the Free Grace Church parsonage. Sister Christine opened the door and said, "Brother Kerry, Danny will be so glad to see you." To her, his name was Danny, because he was her husband. But to me his name was Pastor LeRoy.

A Relevant Message

More than 500 years after John Calvin's birth, the Dutch have a love-hate relationship with the famous reformer. Netherlanders appreciate and honor Calvin for profoundly shaping their history and culture. Yet the Netherlands is today one of the most secular countries in Europe. Nearly half of the population self-identifies as non-religious. Dutch society embraces a tolerance at the opposite extreme from the religious intolerance of Calvin's day