Churches Grow at Christmastime
Tweet I was having a conversation with another minister. Us minister types like to use one another to talk shop, and to say the things we would never say to others. Well here I was speaking to this minister and he says, “You know what? Our churches about to get fuller because for some reason [...]
Read More →Church and the Holidays
Tweet I was having a conversation with another minister. Us minister types like to use one another to talk shop, and to say the things we would never say to others. Well here I was speaking to this minister and he says, “You know what? Our churches about to get fuller because for some reason people always come [...]
Read More →Hope for the world still has a place in the church.
Tweet Christians are often a wildly pessimistic lot. Anyone who knows much about the Bible would find that kind of strange, I would imagine. How could those who profess faith in a God of promise, in a God who declares, “Behold I make all things new,” and “All things are possible with God,” and who [...]
Read More →Comfort the Afflicted, Afflict the Comfortable
Tweet There was a saying that newspaper reporters use to have about their work. “We are here,” they would say, “to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” It is an admirable work. To dive into the dark places of society and let people know what is going on. To inevitably cause change through reporting.
Read More →God Is Love
Tweet I need to say that I am not a writer. What I mean is that I have never felt particularly called to write. I am a preacher and a pastor. That, I feel called to do, but writing, well this avenue of communication makes me nervous. Maybe because I cannot see how you are [...]
Read More →Made in the Divine Image
Tweet “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” – Acts [...]
Read More →Minister’s Minute from December Issue of the Journal of Hope and Joy
Tweet “Do you really believe in the virgin birth?” I was asked recently. “Why yes I do,” I stated as matter-of-factly as was asked of me. Perhaps you believe that the person asking me was not religious, but an unbeliever attempting to unmask my obvious ignorance. However the person asking me this was not [...]
Read More →Prayer Changes Things
Tweet Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. – Revelation 3:20 (NKJV) What does this image of Jesus standing and knocking mean to you? Do you believe Jesus is chasing [...]
Read More →God Will Supply
Tweet And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19 (NIV) Do you believe God meets your needs? Why or why not? What do you lack? What do you need? What to you give thanks for? The following story is [...]
Read More →Appreciation
Tweet During my first year here in Georgia I was a bit surprised to discover that October is Pastor Appreciation Month. I was further surprised when I learned that it is a “national” month. Seems like something I would have heard about before, but alas I had not and I enjoyed receiving gifts and cards. [...]
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