I’d like to return for a moment to a question I’ve asked you already in our study of 1 Timothy. Have you ever wondered what you would do if you suddenly became very wealthy and had more money than you knew what to do with? I think a good indicator of what any one of […]
It’s who you know
They say “it’s who you know.” A few weeks ago my family and I were standing in the lobby of the Character Inn. There were about a hundred other people waiting like we were to check-in and take our things to our rooms. Groups of people and families were standing everywhere with their piles of […]
Put Your Hope In God – 1 Timothy 6:17
Kevin A. Pierpont Higgins Lake Baptist Church 2/29/04 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. When you think of wealthy people, who comes to mind? Bill Gates? Warren Buffett? […]
No Shortcuts
Have you ever found yourself waiting in front of one of those automatic doors like the ones at the grocery store that have a sensor that opens the door when it senses someone is there? Or maybe you’ve pressed the handicap access button to keep from having to open the door yourself. I saw a […]
It’s been a year
It’s been a year – a very good year! My family and I have been at Higgins Lake for a year. It’s hard to believe. It seems like it’s only been a couple of months. I’ve been pastoring here for a year and what a privilege it has been. The folks at Higgins Lake Baptist […]
Fight the Good Fight – 1 Timothy 6:12-16
Can there be such a thing as a good fight? Have you ever been in an argument with someone and you walked away saying to yourself, “That was a good fight!”? I remember being picked on a lot when I was a youngster in grade school. I was in a fight or two as a […]
Who’s in charge here?
A few weeks ago our whole family went to a weekend ministry conference at the Character Inn in Flint, Michigan. My older brother, Ken is the administrator of the Inn and had invited us for a special weekend and promised we’d enjoy ourselves. We did enjoy ourselves but at one point we wondered if we […]
Flee And Follow – 1 Timothy 6:11
A country preacher decided to skip services one Sunday and head to the hills to do some bear hunting. As he rounded the corner on a perilous twist in the trail, he and a bear collided, sending him and his rifle tumbling down the mountainside. Before he knew it, his rifle went one way and […]