Ever felt like this? The Psalmist says it best. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for…
Category: <span>Life</span>
As the pastor of a wonderful church family, I consider it the highest honor to shepherd God’s flock. 2010 will be a great year regardless of the circumstances because I know that “No good thing will he withhold from them who walk uprightly.” There are many trials, struggles and sorrows that will accompany 2010, but our God changes not and…
Over 27,000 Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, Mormons, JWs, and a whole host of other religious people have recently affixed their names to a document called the Manhattan Declaration. This document is championed by Chuck Colson who was the originator of the Evangelicals and Catholics together in the early nineties. It is an attempt to foster unity between different groups who call…
There is a growing trend, not a new one, but one continually growing and seemingly out of control. . .everyone is a victim! It doesn’t seem to matter what the issue is, there is always someone else who is to blame. It is not that people in authority and those who make decisions should not be held accountable for poor…
This past Sunday, God allowed me to communicate His Word to His people concerning thankfulness from Romans 1:18-32. (You can listen to the sermon here). I was greatly challenged by the Word of God concerning the dangers of being ungrateful. As I studied Romans 1, I came to the conclusion that the root cause of natural man’s descent into further…
Preaching an expositional sermon is a lot different than studying for one. A lot of times, I can know what the text says and have discovered great implications (at least I think they are great because they have encouraged and/or convicted me); but struggle with how to present the text in such a way that is meaningful and understandable for…
Preparing to preach an expositional sermon on the Lord’s Day is nothing to be taken lightly. Then again, it is not just for pastors to be expositional. We should be expositional in our devotions, our Sunday School lessons, our evangelism, and every time we open the Word of God. Therefore, exposition is not just for pastors, but I believe that…
Reading is a discipline that I have no problem with. On the other hand, finishing a book before starting another is a major problem. It is simply an ADD thing. I get to reading a good book and then I find another one and pick it up and before long, I have got a half dozen books stacked up. It…
A friend gave me a book that I have started reading. Spiritual Depression by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. This topic is near to my soul and the book has been a challenge to me and I just started. Here is a snippet from the book that impacted me. “But there is another and more important reason, which is that we must…
Tuesday, my lovely wife and I celebrated 8 years of wonderful marriage. Of course, we have had struggles and trials, but we have had them together; and it has been 8 beautiful years. Our marriage is not perfect and I confess we have had some selfish actions and disagreeable attitudes along the way; however, as we looked back, we could…