When he asked me the question, I knew I’d heard that type of question before. It was one of those, “What if a person is doing…,” questions that ended with, “Will that person get to go to heaven or hell?” He was calling someone’s morality into question, and I could tell by how he asked, [...]

Last night Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce made one of the worst calls in baseball history.  His mistake at the end of the Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians game cost Tiger’s pitcher Armondo Galarraga a perfect game.  A perfect game is nearly impossible and in all of MLB history there have only been 12. With [...]

Happy Opening Day! Although they did play one game last night, today officially starts the 2009 Major League Baseball season. The Morgan family loves watching baseball, especially the Texas Rangers. Many evenings you’ll find us outback playing a pickup game of whiffle-ball.   I love the story of the Bill Veeck. Bill used to own [...]

It really hurt my heart. I had just asked her to come to church with me when she shifted uncomfortably and said, “I’d like to, I’d really like to, but I need to get my life straightened out first.” Ouch. I tried hard to encourage her, but she still wouldn’t come. Please hear me, it [...]

“Hi, my name is Trey, and I’m a recovering stone thrower.” I’ve been reading through the gospel of John this past week. Different things challenge me and different things stick out to me. One of the things that is really clear is Jesus’s unwillingness to classify sin. I’m really good about saying these sins are [...]

I’ve always believed that confession was not for God’s purpose but for our own. God already knows everything I’ve done. I’m not going to surprise Him by confessing something He doesn’t know. Confession has to be for the purpose of reminding me just how much I need God. It reminds me that I am a [...]

Over the last few weeks at Rex Boyles’ blog, the theme has been the Prodigal Son. There have been some powerful post about the prodigal son’s return home, the Father and the older brother. When you get time stop by and check them out. In Phillip Yancey’s book “What’s so Amazing about Grace,” Yancy retells [...]

Luke 15 tells the story of the Prodigal Son. It’s a story about a son who chooses to leave his father, his home and go live a life of sin. It’s also an amazing story of grace when the son returns home. The story of the Prodigal Son has been taught, preached and loved for [...]

FIRST: I think it would have been better for me if Jesus would have ended the “lost” stories of Luke 15 with the story of the Prodigal Son. Instead he added the “older brother” into the story. When he did, he added me into the story. Ouch. SECOND: I think I need a better understanding [...]