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 […]
Beware of snowmobile traps
Our family has been enjoying all the snow we get here in northern Michigan. We’re supposed to get another 3 to 6 inches of snow tonight and another 7 to 10 inches tomorrow. We live in a wonderful home beside the church and the children have a blast playing on huge snow banks created by […]
Beware the Desire for Riches – 1 Timothy 6:9-10
Last week we talked about the importance of being content with what we have. Today we’re going to continue this thought as we see the danger with a desire to be rich. It's easy to think that if only we had a little more money it would solve all sorts of problems. As we will […]
Great Gain in Contentment – 1 Timothy 6:6-8
Higgins Lake Baptist Church Kevin A. Pierpont 1/18/04 A man became envious of his friends because they had larger and more luxurious homes. So he listed his house with a real estate firm, planning to sell it and to purchase a more impressive home. Shortly afterward, as he was reading the classified section of the […]