As a kid and teen, occasionally I found myself throwing hands. It was rarer, however, that these fights were in defense of myself. Most of my scuffles came in defense of my siblings and friends. There was one occasion where I would have done so, but God intervened. Our youth group had taken a tripContinue reading “Let the God of the redeemed say so”
Author Archives: Pastor Jason Barnett
Sour Patch Kids
Spring and early summer was always baseball season growing up at my house. I played for several years until one season I was beamed by every pitcher in the league. The price of being left-handed in a league full of right-handed pitchers. But even after I quit playing, my younger brother and sisters continued. ForContinue reading “Sour Patch Kids”
Domesticated sacrifice
What if you had to face a tiger? Pretend you get kidnapped by a psychopathic clown because you taunted him about his terrible balloon animals. He has a plan to dispose of you by feeding you to a tiger. But for some reason the clown asks if you would rather be taken to a tigerContinue reading “Domesticated sacrifice”
They didn’t have to look
A pretty girl walks by and she will turn the heads of the boys. I used joke as a youth pastor that if you get the girls to attend, soon the boys will come too. It is no secret that boys like what they see, and it seems the more they see the more theyContinue reading “They didn’t have to look”
Be strong and brave
This will be an unusual post from me. Not because of the information but because of the narrow target audience. For this post, I am mainly writing to my fellow pastors. To those who are not pastors, I hope you read this with a heart desiring to understand what your leaders are going through. FellowContinue reading “Be strong and brave”
No one remembers
The knowledge can be passed on, but without experience it only informs when the gospel transforms.
But we have a king
Israel had a king and believed that was a sign everything was ok between them and God. But was it?
A new day
Those who remain in the Church yet block their ears and “kick against the goads” of shifting needs miss out on the great awakenings!
Confidently approach
God loves you. He knows everything about you, every thought that runs through your mind and deepest intentions of your mind. Not only does God love you, He has beckoned you to forgiveness of sin and freedom from sin through the power in Christ’s blood. One step more, God loves you and wants you toContinue reading “Confidently approach”
Forgotten and forever
The world’s remembrance is a way for them to shame us, but to us this is a call for us to search to see all the ways God worked despite our failure.
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