There are a lot of memories from my time as a youth pastor that always bring a smile to my face. Seeing students accept Jesus and go on to live for Him certainly is a blessing. But there are also the not so spiritual memories. Lock-ins were an event that always created memories. They followContinue reading “Dazed and confused”
Category Archives: entire sanctification
Topical treatment
Sports fans understand the power of belief. No matter what sports team you follow, except for Cleveland fans, as a new season approaches there is belief that this year’s team will be different, and that breathes hope. Often, this belief will holdout even when all indications suggest hope should be abandoned. Yet belief holds onContinue reading “Topical treatment”
Bubble busters
There is a two-sided coin to ministry. On one side you see lives transformed by the power of Jesus Christ. The joy of seeing a mom and dad in tears as a wayward child, they have so desperately have been praying for, surrenders to Christ. Seeing new people walk through the doors of the churchContinue reading “Bubble busters”
Pick me
Commercials, they are either a mercy that brings joy during a lifeless ballgame or a supreme annoyance that disrupts dramatic moments, leaving us trapped in suspense. However, some ads are so good that they etch themselves into our brains. They hypnotize our minds so much that when we see certain colors or objects, hear sounds,Continue reading “Pick me”
Let the God of the redeemed say so
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”
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”
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!
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