What makes a good sermon? Ask ten people and you’ll probably get twelve opinions, but as for me, I try to ask myself these four questions when I preach a message. Is it PERSONAL? Why would I want to hear someone tell me about my problems or possibilities without admitting …
TOPICS: ministry, preaching, speaking
TOPICS: Acts 6, Acts 9, church, growth, multiplication
TOPICS: art, beauty, hope, perspective, photos
TOPICS: church, devotion, ministry, service
I love to play the piano. Ever since I can remember, it’s been a source of joy and peace for me to just sit down and play. I find some of my sweetest times with God are when I’m on the bench, feet working the pedals, fingers dancing on the …
TOPICS: Be Thou My Vision, hymns, music, piano
TOPICS: Ecuador, education, Jungle Kids for Christ, missions, sponsorship
Ever feel like you’re lost in the dark? “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let Your glory be over all the earth!” -Psalm 57:5 Picture the darkness of a cave. You’re trapped, with an enemy outside hunting you down. You are cold, tired, hungry, feeling alone. That’s the scene …
TOPICS: darkness, David, hope, joy, perspective, Psalm 57, Saul, trial
We praise the idea of the “self-made man”, but is that a good thing? A spirit of self-reliance takes a man’s affections and warps them inward. If he has money, it is HIS money because he worked for it. Therefore what he does with it is his decision alone and …
TOPICS: humility, pride, Self-reliance
What do earrings and good works have in common? In his pastoral letter to his protégé Titus, at least five times Paul stresses the importance of “good works,” that it is for this purpose that we were saved. He says that the reason for this is that we might “adorn …
TOPICS: adornment, good deeds, good works, Gospel, jewelry, Titus
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