I would like to share two stories with you today. The first relates to a pastor who was the pastor of a family member. He was paid a salary higher than average coupled to good perks. He spent most of his time running his own business with his wife, neglecting the Church. His spiritual ministry […]
I have learnt over the years of ministry that one needs to try as hard as you can to win a soul. Lots of prayer, love, friendship, bridge building and discussion about Jesus and His claims are required. You persevere and persist because you don’t know how near or far that soul is from believing […]
Years back we had a saying in the Church … “use it or lose it.” By this we referred to spiritual gifts. The Holy Spirit distributes a gift mix to each new born in Christ. Should these not be developed and used … you shall lose this gift mix. It’s like the piano student learning […]
Is it not amazing how Scripture proves Scripture true? We could think of the foretelling of John the Baptist who would announce the Messiah and prepare a people for Him. We could think of the many prophecies about the Messiah that are fulfilled through Jesus Christ. We could think of God’s promise to Abraham to […]
Every preacher will have a mixed reception when it comes to his sermons (teaching). Some people will enjoy the message and others will dislike, reject or even hate the message. Some will be neutral. In modern days many people are Churched … meaning they attend Church because it’s the right thing to do, without listening […]
One of the greatest cautions for any pastor, myself included, is to understand that we are not God! By this I mean that we must never become angry or frustrated because people don’t respond to the Gospel … or better still, they don’t respond to the Gospel the way we want them to. One of […]
Have you been asked to defend yourself about something you are accused of? Many years ago there was a sort of revolt against me, spearheaded by someone I trusted in the Church. This person wanted to have me fired as the pastor. Thinking through it afterwards, I realized he wanted to assume the position I […]
I remember as a Bible School student asking a respected, well known pastor when as a Christian you stop helping people who don’t want to change. His answer was short and blunt … “Never!” I struggled with that response for many years until I realized how many times God sent people to me in my […]
Our son Edwin, his wife Kristi and daughter Karrissa have been generous to us, Jenny and myself as well as Roy, Angela, Nathan and Luke by inviting us to spend a week with them at a timeshare in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. We are half way through the week and although it is raining, we have been […]
It is very interesting that Luke does not record Paul preaching the Gospel on Malta. Did Luke miss adding this or was Paul afraid? I would suggest that he did preach the Gospel on the Island. Why else would God have permitted the shipwreck to be on that Island? Yet … as you read the […]