Category Archives: Pastors

If in This Life Only…

Posted on January 30, 2019 by

Sometimes you’ll hear a preacher say, “Even if there is no heaven, the benefits you receive in this life make it worth it to follow Jesus.” I remember saying this myself a time or two in my younger days as … Continue reading →

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What Ever Happened to the Original Church of Jerusalem?

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #16) The church of Jerusalem, the megachurch that was the world’s first church (Acts 8:1; 11:22), was never intended to be the planet’s only church. God’s plan was always for those believers to … Continue reading →

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A Pastor’s Main Job

Posted on November 7, 2018 by

(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #11) What do you do when one section of members from your church claims that another section is showing favoritism towards their own when it comes to church benevolence? If you are the … Continue reading →

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The First Church Fight

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #10) The world’s first church, the church of Jerusalem, was colossal in terms of sheer numbers. Acts 4:4 puts the number of men at 5,000. If we assume there was one woman per … Continue reading →

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The First Church Scandal

Posted on November 3, 2018 by

(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #9) I don’t care how smoothly a church is humming along, it isn’t immune from scandal. The problem is that people can’t help but be people. They are sin-marred individuals who are card-carrying … Continue reading →

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The World’s First Megachurch

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

(Series: “The Early Church of Jerusalem” post #8) A megachurch is generally defined as being any Christian congregation that has a sustained weekly attendance of 2,000 people or more in its worship services. Using that as a definition, we find … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Power

Posted on October 5, 2018 by

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiphas, and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him. But they said, “Not during the … Continue reading →

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