So the age-old argument goes something like this: If God knows everything, then why do I need to pray? In other words, what’s the use of spending my words out-loud, silently, or in a LIFE Journal if God already knows what I need. The best answer I know to that, is found here: Prayer is… Read More »
Every year, I read a number of books. I listen to audio books, I read books out loud to my kids, and I read books. I used to say that I usually read 45 books a year, I’m probably slowing down some (too much internet time) to about 30-35 right now. Here are a list… Read More »
I’ve been listening to a podcast that is calling itself “long-form journalism.” It’s been running about 6 months and it’s almost through now. It’s about the rise and fall of a church that grew really fast and strong and then fell apart as the pastor began to think he was in charge and he was… Read More »
I cannot begin to tell you how inspired I am by the youth of our church. I tell them almost weekly that they are my heroes. Why? I really thought the kids were getting tired of evangelism. NOT AT ALL! On Tuesday (2021-11-30), almost all of them signed up excitedly to do it again. Just… Read More »
I recently read an article (https://churchleaders.com/pastors/409595-church-decline.html) from an evangelical pastor of another denomination. His name just happens to be James White…. But besides that, because that isn’t what was striking. The thesis of his article was why churches are not growing. He makes it very clear that churches are in decline, churches aren’t growing. He… Read More »
If I’ve learned anything it’s that change is inevitable. I remember telling an associate pastor, as he was telling me that he was taking a call to go somewhere else, I said, “Nothing stays the same except change.” When Gail and I were getting ready to get married they said our major source of conflict… Read More »
On Tuesday evening, when the Youth and Young Adults get together for more evangelism training, we showed the premiere video production of our spring evangelistic series. I was moved to tears when I watched it. Tears…of…joy…. I have a couple of passions: 1) that lost people are brought to Jesus, 2) that we train the… Read More »
I’ve been saying for years, that we do two evangelistic seminars a year – one in the spring, one in the fall. But I’ve always thought we should be doing 4-6 a year. I never thought we’d be doing 3-4 at the same time in different locations. Right now, we’ve divided the youth and young… Read More »
Momentum is a friend, when you have it. Momentum is really hard to get going some times. But when you have it it’s like having wind at your sails and taking you quickly to where you desire to go. Right now, our youth program has exploded through the evangelism process. I’m used to relaxing immediately… Read More »
Last night, I heard a few stories from a friend. We became friends when he was a becoming a Christian. He was 16. I was close to 30. I was his mom’s pastor when he came to live with her and beginning to really dig deep into what Christianity was all about. Last night, he… Read More »
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