I have always enjoyed working with and preaching to teens. They are exciting, unpredictable, curious, energetic, needy, moody, loving, unloving, kind, mean, etc. When I finished Bible college, my first ministry was being a youth pastor for a good church. It was so rewarding and it gave me so many early gray hairs. It seemed...
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Just To Say “Thank You” and “God is Good”
I am so grateful to the Lord today. God is good…… and all the time. He has been with Julie and me through a difficult year. I am so thankful for my precious wife that has been my earthly source of strength. Emily has lifted us up and made us smile just when we have...
Who Really Needs the Change
“If there is something glaring that we see needs to be changed in a child, we may first need to examine if that child has become a mirror, Â portraying that the need of change is in the character of the parent and not the child. May we desire our children to become more like God...
Mandate of Missions
Someone that claims redemption’s work in their life must find it a reasonable responsibility to promote this same grace to every creature.
The Healing Power of Love
A man who had become a wealthy, successful businessman began to go through some difficulties in the corporate world. His company was struggling. Business was declining and it was causing a great degree of strain. Emotionally he was beginning to collapse under the load of the failures of life. Physically he was struggling and depression...
What is Love, from the mouth of Children
‘When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.’ Rebecca- age 8 ‘When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is...