D.L. Moody once said… “I thought when I became a Christian I had nothing to do but just to lay my oars in the bottom of the boat and float along. But I soon found that I would have to go against the current.” 1
Model Citizens – Philippians 1:27
Kevin A. Pierpont Higgans Lake Baptist Church 8/15/04 When Queen Victoria was a child, she didn’t know she was in line for the throne of England. Her instructors, trying to prepare her for the future, were frustrated because they couldn’t motivate her. She just didn’t take her studies seriously. Finally, her teachers decided to tell […]
Looking down the trail
Mountain biking has been something I’ve enjoyed for years but we’ve never lived close enough to trails to be able to do much riding. We’re very fortunate now to live in the North Country and to have cross-country ski trails just a five-minute ride from the house. Don’t tell the skiers but those trails are […]
Paul’s Passion – Philippians 1:22-26
Have you ever been faced with a choice between two good things? It’s not easy to make a decision when faced with two good options. We see Paul in Philippians found himself in a situation where, if the choice were left to him, he’d have a difficult time deciding what to do.
To Live is Christ – Philippians 1:21
Dwight Moody was traveling by boat on one of the Great Lakes when a really bad storm developed. The passengers cowered in fear starting an impromptu prayer meeting for deliverance, which Moody didn’t join. When asked why not he said, “I have a sister in Chicago and one in heaven and I don’t care which […]
Joy In The Face of Uncertainty – Philippians 1:20
An inventor once said (and sometimes I think we should have listened to this fellow), Theoretically, television may be feasible, but I consider it an impossibility — a development which we should waste little time dreaming about. (Lee de Forest, 1926, inventor) The chairman of the board for IBM in 1943 said, I think there […]
Paul’s Assurance – Philippians 1:19
Kevin A. Pierpont Higgins Lake Baptist Church 7/18/04 “John Paton was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands. One night hostile natives surrounded the mission station, intent on burning out the Patons and killing them. Paton and his wife prayed during that terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight came they were amazed […]
Joy in the Midst of Difficulty – Part 2 – Philippians 1:15-18
Mike Yaconelli, in The Wittenburg Door shared this insight… The problem with the church today is not corruption. It is not institutionalism. No, the problem is far more serious than something like the minister running away with the organist. The problem is pettiness. Blatant pettiness. (Mike Yaconelli in The Wittenburg Door (Dec./Jan. 1985). Christianity Today, […]