Sometime ago, I posted on how to cultivate the fear of God as a lifestyle. This is a follow-up to that and includes a free downloadable PDF on how to cultivate a heart for God. Did you notice the switch that occurred in the last two sentences? Did you notice that one phrase was substituted … More Cultivating a Heart for God
In college, one of the churches I attended was a medium-sized Baptist church with a large college ministry led by a rocket scientist. Literally, Dr. Bob Langel was a rocket scientist regularly putting up rocket experiments into space through the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center outside of Greenbelt, Maryland. Inside the church, as I remember, … More How They Prayed for Missions
Renate and Eberhard Bethge It was May 24th, 1944, less than a year before the end of the Second World War in Europe. The war in the Pacific would drone on for three more months after that. But in May 1944, the Allies were bombing Germany relentlessly, seeking to bring the war to the quickest … More “. . . a kingdom stronger than war and danger, a kingdom of power and authority.”
Sometimes you don’t need something new to get you started; you need something old. That’s what this post is all about. So here is an inexpensive volume designed as a companion to your daily Bible reading. The early church had patterns of prayer that have been largely forgotten in the modern church. Three times a … More Can I Help You with Your Prayer Life?
You have heard the phrase, “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.” It comes from the Declaration of Independence. It was the pledge the signers of the Declaration made to one another and the nascent nation. They knew that their signatures at the bottom of the document would cost them their fortunes, probably any … More The Most Valuable GIft
I’m a big Philadelphia Eagles fan. Have been all my life. But this particular iteration of the Eagles is one of my favorites of all time. The owner wants to win. The front office is smart and savvy. The roster is among the most talented in the NFL. The players are highly skilled with a … More Pastor, You Need a Coach
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I have a lot of friends, pastors and non-pastors alike, believers and unbelievers too, who are going through deep valleys of pain, illness, loss, sorrows, and betrayals right now. No one is immune to these things. Life, since the fall and until Jesus returns, has always meant that all these things will visit our lives … More Thinking about Sorrow
Still getting settled in at our new digs in Pleasant Hope, MO. Culling more books from my library, sorting papers, hanging pictures, meeting neighbors, sharing the gospel, volunteering at the new Library, spending time with our grandchildren, daughter, and son-in-law, trying to nurse my back into health. These have been the primary activities of the … More Meditating About, Before and To God
Imagine this as your history, the narrative of your life. You are young and inexperienced, the runt of the litter so to speak. When you are the youngest of 8 brothers you either become resilient or a coward. David became resilient. He would need it. His gifts and faith brought him to a place of … More Psalm 59: When an Enemy Pursues You
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