The life of the apostle Paul spans several decades in Scripture with a couple of extended silent periods. From Acts 15, when Paul first meets Timothy until he writes Timothy a letter, many years pass. Timothy grows up from being a young sprout to leading the church at Ephesus as her Pastor.
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A Growing Church Needs the Book of 1 Timothy
June 2, 2010 1 Comment
The Pastoral Calling and Role
February 17, 2010 5 Comments
I love being a Pastor. I'm passionate about preaching. I am humbled that God has called me to shepherd a flock of His choosing. And I especially love the fuel that fires me up - the Word of God and what it has to say about whom I am.
One of my favorite passages on the subject is Paul's gut-wrenching goodbye …
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The Power of Flexibility in Ministry Leadership
December 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
Last year we bought a Nintento Wii and then later, a Wii Fit thingie designed to utterly humiliate me! It sighs when I step on the scale, mocks me for not showing up in xx# of days, and loves to point out how many Yoga moves I can't do because... I'm inflexible!
But in leadership, I'm quite the opposite. I …
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When God Takes A City
September 5, 2009 1 Comment
We're walking with the apostle Paul on Wednesday evenings and we've just received our call to Macedonia (modern-day Greece). We parted ways with Barnabas, taking Silas instead, and we picked up Timothy and Luke on the trip. In Philippi, God took the city for Himself! How did it happen?
On Saturday, one …
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I Know My Purpose… Now What?
July 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
I have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I'm saved and secure. I'm on my way to heaven someday. But I still live here and I know that my purpose is to glorify Jesus Christ in all of the life that I have left. But how?
A common plight Christians suffer is this wrestling between getting ready to do something, …
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Real Change: When God Has You In Checkmate
June 17, 2009 Leave a Comment
Message Based on The Life of Paul, Acts 9
Change is a tough word. It's all around us in technology, nature, and culture. Yet I think we fail to understand the most powerful change of all which happens in a human soul that meets and trusts Jesus.
Paul had things going for him quite well. He had ascended to …
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Five Great Books About the Apostle Paul
June 10, 2009 1 Comment
Last week I began a new post series that will feature "five great gooks" every week on a variety of subjects. I said I'd talk about five great books for women, but I spoke rashly. I'm going to postpone that until a bit later. Instead, today, I'm going to plug five great books about the life of the apostle Paul. …
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“Why Believe In a God” Ad Campaign on D. C. Buses
November 12, 2008 3 Comments
My friend David sent me a link to a Fox News article about an ad campaign launching on Washington D.C. buses that asks "Why Believe in a God? Just Be Good for Goodness' Sake." The ads have certainly sparked controversy, but I'm not as bothered as you might think. For me, it would be tragic if someone saw the …
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Comfort One Another
August 13, 2008 Leave a Comment
We're down to the final study in our Wendesday night journey through the one another's of the New Testament. This one is pretty awesome - we're to comfort one another. It's based on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, a familiar passage to many. It concerns itself with Jesus' second coming, which forms the basis of our …
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The Certainty of Mysteries
July 18, 2007 Leave a Comment
I was deeply moved by today's reading from J. Sidlow Baxter's devotional, Awake My Heart. He speaks of the mysteries of life, what W. A. Criswell used to call "the imponderables of God." Baxter mentioned birth, life, personality, human experience, Satan, eternity, etc. All of these are unexplainable. We can …
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