http://www.freebibleimages.org/ Nancy Cunningham/Rachel Coate/BasicTrainingBible Ministries Our starting point when we share the gospel with someone in most cases shapes that person’s understanding of the Christian life. When I was in the early years of my ministry, I heard advice that…
Eternity Balances The Scale
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/n1010502.htm About five weeks ago I entered into what has been both a new and also an interesting experience in my life. I woke up in the middle of the night with severe pain in my back. I was about…
Commercialism vs. Commitment
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/221860.htm I have always had an interest in history and politics. My first memories of American politics was the presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. After a series of older men in the office, Kennedy brought an energy and excitement…
I Have A Dream
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/760406.htm I had a reason the other day to go back through all of the blogs that I have written over the years. As I read these past editions, I was struck by one entry in particular. It challenged…
Defining Greatness: Part II
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/689166.htm Last week I shared with you a quote from Zack Eswine’s book entitled The Imperfect Pastor. I want to share that quote again this week and comment on a different part of it. “The point I’m making is this.…
Defining Greatness
Burks Falls Youth Group – about 1968 – Elwood in front and Bonnie in pink on the right. Ron must have taken the picture. As a requirement for a program on which I am working, I have to read a…
Learning From My Mistakes: Mistake # 4
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/554925.htm Over the past few weeks I have shared with you three mistakes that I made in ministry and some of the lessons that I learned from those mistakes. I decided that I had better stop with one final mistake…
Learning From My Mistakes: Mistake # 3
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/62810.htm In every aspect of life popular fads come and go. When they have had their moment in the sun, they usually leave no more impact on society than the hole created when someone dips a hand in the ocean.…
Learning From My Mistakes: Mistake # 2
We live in an age of instant response. People become upset if they have to wait even a few seconds for something to appear on their computer screen. Everything in our homes comes on instantly when we press the on/off…
Learning From My Mistakes: Mistake # 1
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/410225.htm If we are supposed to learn from our mistakes, I should be a very wise person by now in that I have made lots of them over my years of ministry. Over the next few weeks I am going…