Pastors and church planters can read shelves full of books on leadership and church leadership, but the best advice still comes straight from the Word of God. Acts 11:19-30 shows us the leadership of the church in Antioch. From the unnamed...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
[Disclaimer: I am not an expert preacher. So many men preach so much better than I do. What is reflected here is what I have learned from the Bible and from the excellent preaching ministries of others. It represents the ideal of how I long to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Day 144 of Walking with Jesus in the Gospels and Psalms Luke 21:20-38 & Psalm 140 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near . . . Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana "Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it." Winston Churchill As we head closer to the presidential election in November, I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This post originally appeared on my personal blog, Ponderings of a Pilgrim Pastor: One of the great benefits of reading old books is that they allow us to have a leisurely conversation with a great thinker who's been gone for centuries. I've...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
From Walking with Jesus in the Gospels and Psalms Today's reading: Matthew 27 & Luke 23 Get the full reading plan What Happened When Jesus Died? "It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Day 28 of Walking with Jesus in the Gospels and Psalms: Today's Bible Reading: Matthew 12:15-32 & Psalm 28Get the full reading schedule. What is the Unpardonable Sin? Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Day 29 of Walking with Jesus in the Gospels and Psalms Today's Reading: Matthew 12:33-50 & Psalm 29Get the full reading plan What Kind of Heart Bears Good Fruit? "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Well, that's just your interpretation!" Have you ever heard that? Did you know that every heresy, false teaching and pseudo-Christian cult has arisen out of someone's private and distorted interpretation of Scripture? Have you ever wondered...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I am a pastor. As a pastor, the single most important thing I do each week is proclaim God's word to His people in worship. If you are a Christian, the single most important thing you do each week is worship God together with His people. Within...[ abbreviated | read entire ]