For Mike Heiser, he now sees the Unseen Realm

Someone who could speak both to the academics and the laymen, someone who could teach churchmen and fringe folk, someone that became all things to all people that some might be saved. Oh Lord Jesus, I’m going to miss this man. It hurts to even read the title below 😦 https://www.logos.com/grow/michael-heiser-passing/

MJ’s 60th Birthday

As if I needed another reason to think about my own mortality and the brevity of life… the headlines this morning say that Michael Jordan is turning 60. It seems like just yesterday I sat in front of a little TV tuned to WGN, with a Rodman poster on my wall (hair personally decorated with … Continue reading MJ’s 60th Birthday →

Are There Really No Shortcuts For Learning Greek?

TL;DR → You can download the shortcut here: Tony’s Greek Shortcut You’ve heard that there are no shortcuts to learning Greek? Well, on this Wednesday night (Thursday morning) at 1:30 am when I should be in bed, I decided to make a shortcut for Greek… At least if you have an iPhone. The goal was … Continue reading Are There Really No Shortcuts For Learning Greek? →

A Time To Be Born And A Time To Die, A Time To Boot Up And A Time To Shutdown

Last week on Monday, I used my tiny bit of technological knowledge to make a slideshow for a funeral service. Once it was set up, the family walked over to the side of the sanctuary and looked at the pictures of their loved one. I admit that in that moment my mind was on slide … Continue reading A Time To Be Born And A Time To Die, A Time To Boot Up And A Time To Shutdown →

“You know I can’t babysit another child.”

At lunch last week my mother said, "Did you think we'd end up here?" At first, I thought she meant the actual restaurant. Then she started talking about 39 years ago when she told Ila Mae Powell, "You know I can't babysit another child." She eventually said yes that she would babysit 6-month-old Tony—only God … Continue reading “You know I can’t babysit another child.” →

Some Little Bytes in a Big Kingdom

Computer can be used for evil. Computer can be used for good. Whether at The Grammy’s or at Gethsemane, it can be an audio-visual tool that directs a performance and researches symbols or it can edit a service and research the Scriptures. And as I pray “thy kingdom come” and read the books such as … Continue reading Some Little Bytes in a Big Kingdom →

Spur of the Moment NT Summary

This is how well I want to be familiar with the contents of the Bible. I missed hitting record for the first few books of the answer to this question, and he stops before he gets to the book of Philippians, but what is stopping us from knowing the word like we know football stats, … Continue reading Spur of the Moment NT Summary →

I believe; help my unbelief!

Amen and amen. True faith is always aware how small and inadequate it is. The father becomes a believer not when he amasses a sufficient quantum of faith but when he risks everything on what little faith he has, when he yields his insufficiency to the true sufficiency of Jesus, “ ‘I do believe; help me … Continue reading I believe; help my unbelief! →

Unknown, Yet Well Known

The only thing I knew about him was from the friend who initially called me about the job: “You’ll like Phil. He’s a preacher.”

Sermon: Common Grace

This is a topical message I preached at Gethsemane Baptist Temple in Starr, SC on May 15, 2022. The subject was coming grace--that we can learn from all areas of life that God has given people wisdom in. It is also posted to test out restarting the podcast I had from 2004–2014. In addition to … Continue reading Sermon: Common Grace →

The Bible & Technology

In the late 90s, I destroyed my first computer. I’m not exactly sure what I did to it, but I know that taking it apart and putting it back together didn’t fix the little blinking cursor on an otherwise blank screen.