I shared a funny experience with several friends. They thought it was funny, too. I knew they would. “I almost died laughing,” I concluded the story. Then it happened. One of them stopped me. “Pastor, don’t say that,” he insisted with alarm. “You don’t want to speak that into existence.” I was confused. Where was this coming from? What was he talking about? Why was it a crisis that I used a figure of speech? He cited Proverbs 18:21. Actually, he only quoted half of the verse. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love...

On last Lord's day, I continued my series on "Total-Life Stewardship." The message was on the stewardship of the body (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). I sought to make two major points in that message: (1) We should strive to be healthy, and more importantly, (2) we should strive to be holy.God willing, this sunday I will preach on the stewardship of our speech or our words. The Bible is clear that words matter to God. And our words matter to God. There are many reasons why what we say matters. But maybe the most important reason why we should be on...