by Jeffrey D. Vickery | May 12, 2003 | Opinion
An oxymoron is when two words with contradictory meanings are used to describe a person or thing. Some oxymorons are humorous: submissive cat, slow-growing kudzu and Yankee-style grits. Other phrases become oxymorons depending upon one’s point of view: corporate...
by Jeffrey D. Vickery | Mar 27, 2003 | Opinion
I have grown accustomed to these Internet parables, though I rarely use them in my preaching. But these good luck messages still bother me, especially when they come from church members. As a pastor I wonder how to respond. As a pastor, I am called to a particular...
by Jeffrey D. Vickery | Jan 20, 2003 | Opinion
We left chastened by one man’s honesty. And one among us left deserving of more credit than he will receive from us. But I have a feeling his reward comes from Someone else. How refreshing it was, then, to be sitting in a meeting of pastors and have one speak...
