Dec 6, 2023
Do I need to come close to death to serve Christ?
When I was a kid, it was presented to me very often in the church circles I grew up in that in order to serve Christ you need to either be a pastor or a missionary. Now ironically, I ended up as a pastor, but that's not necessary to serve Christ. The fact is, we're called to serve Christ in every wa...
Nov 29, 2023
How can I help my pastor?
This is one of my favorite questions, as a pastor, when somebody comes to me and says, "How can I be a help to you?". I think the first, and best, answer is, be a faithful church member. Be one who is there in attendance, and one who's faithful in giving, and one who's faithful in serving, and I thi...
Nov 22, 2023
How was Paul "poured out?"
One of the things I love about the Bible is that God has written it as a story. It is a narrative, start to finish with, of course, all kinds of different elements, such as poetry and prophecy, and so forth, but within the story of the Bible, within the redemptive plan of God, we see men and women t...
Nov 15, 2023
How do I become more humble?
My father-in-law used to joke that he would get to the line because he was the humblest and proud of it, and while we all chuckled at that, the fact is, he was a very humble man, and he makes me think about that question, as a Christian, how do I become more humble? How do I humble myself? Well, the...
