Hopefully you heard a great sermon this past Sunday. I also enjoy listening to sermons on tape or as MP3’s–they’re portable. As a pastor I don’t have the privilege of being in a service very often when I can take in a sermon and be challenged by it since I’m usually the one doing the […]
Parenting and Discipline
I sure appreciate these words of wisdom about the proper discipline of children. Let me share just part of what Tony has to say on the topic and then go read the piece for yourself. If you wait until your child is two years old to begin holding him to expectations, you will have trained […]
Praying like a leader
How many of us couldn’t use some work on our prayer lives? Having a consistent prayer life can be a struggle for a pastor while being torn between the little fires and the big fires he is called to put out and attend to. It’s all too easy to put off the necessity of prayer […]
The Pastor’s Accountability – Am I Doing The Job?
A guest post by Maynard H. Belt “I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, Who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the Word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.” II Timothy 4:1-2
God Bless America – One Nation UNDER God!
By Maynard H. Belt “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord….” Psalm 33:12 There is no question that patriotism in our land has increased immensely since the 9/11 terrorist attack upon our country. Yet, in the very midst of such intensified loyalty, just last month the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in […]
When Old Glory Passes
By Kenneth L. Pierpont Saturday our oldest daughter Holly rode with the National Baby Food Festival Queen’s Court in a parade in Muskegon. It was an all-American, beautiful day. While we were waiting for the parade to start I was instructing the little guys on the proper way to behave when Old Glory passes.