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”
Category Archives: the law
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”
Declaration of War
Though we never sought it, asked for it, considered it necessary, God has offered a truce through Jesus.
Puff the Magic Christian
You have heard about Puff the Magic Dragon, who lives by the sea; Puff the Magic Christian is just as mythological.
God let us be…
The generations before Josiah and his administration had buried the book of the law in the Temple storage closet. In their effort to restore God’s house, this new generation discovered this book, then read it for themselves, a dangerous thing in relation to those who went before them. Why is it dangerous?