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Category Archives: Preaching
What I Didn’t Know Back Then
I was 27 years old when I accepted what is commonly referred to as “the call to preach.” 32 years have passed now. And what have I learned in those years? I’ve learned what I didn’t know back then. What … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church Attendance, God's Work, Ministry, Personal, Preaching, Service
Tagged Christ's ministry, the call to preach, the difference between preaching and pastoring, what I didn't know when I accepted the call to preach, what I wish someone would have told me about the call to preach
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A Word About Church Services
A faithful churchgoer was asked by his fisherman friend, “How can you go to the same church every service, week after week, month after month, year after year? It’s the same place, the same people, the same hymns. You’ve even … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church Attendance, Current Events, Discipleship, God's Work, Ministry, Music, Pastors, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Preaching, Service, Spiritual Gifts, Sunday School, Talents, Worship
Tagged attending the same church year after year, being faithful to your church, boring church services, Church Attendance, church is never the same, comparing church attendance to fishing, What's so important about church attendance?, Why does God want me to attend church?
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What Satan Does to the Ministry: Disguise
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #18) For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Christ's Death, Christ's Resurrection, Deception, Demons, Discernment, Doctrine, Evangelism, God's Word, God's Work, Heaven, Hell, Ministry, Missions, Preaching, Salvation, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, The Devil, The Gospel
Tagged 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, a definition of the gospel, a different gospel, another gospel, beware of false prophets, doctrines of demons, Galatians 1:6-9, let him be accursed, look for the devil in the pulpit, Paul's definition of the gospel, Satan transforms himself into an angel of light, Satan's ministers transform themselves into angels of light
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The Church Boss
The epistles of 2 John and 3 John paint a small corner of a larger picture of what life was like in the early church. Those two epistles speak of how itinerant teachers would travel around to different places and … Continue reading
Posted in Church, God's Work, Headship, Humility, Leadership, Ministry, Pastors, Preaching, Service, Sunday School, Teaching, Worship
Tagged 1 Peter 5:2-3, a description of the right kind of pastor, John's word about receiving false teachers, Matthew 20:25-28, Oliver B. Greene, servant leadership., the hospitality of the early church, the house churches of the early church, the problem addressed in 2 John, the problem addressed in 3 John, the problem of a church boss, when one member runs the church, Who was Demetrius?, Who was Diotrephes?, Who was Gaius?
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An Interesting Question
I once ministered to an elderly man, a member of my church, who was dying from various health issues. During one of our visits, he asked me a question that no one had ever asked me. His question was, “If … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Belief, Doubt, Eternal Security, Evangelism, Faith, Forgiveness, God's Work, Grace, Ministry, Personal, Preaching, Salvation, Service, Sin, The Gospel, Witnessing
Tagged a preacher caught in sin, Bible characters who failed, Evangelism, great men of God who failed, What about the converts of the preacher caught in a scandal?
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Jesus: The Cosmic Santa Claus
“The Jesus You Know” series (post #5) I was licensed to preach in October of 1992 and formally ordained into the ministry in February of 1993. Upon my ordination, I began my first pastorate. So, if we do the math, … Continue reading
Posted in Balance, Belief, Bible Study, Covetousness, Desires, Doctrine, Faith, Giving, God's Will, God's Word, Money, Needs, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Preaching, Problems, Prosperity, Scripture, Series: "The Jesus You Know", The Bible
Tagged Bible facts that refute the prosperity gospel, Did Jesus heal everybody?, health and wealth preachers, Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, little gods heresy, name it and claim it, possibility thinking, prosperity preachers, Richard Roberts, seed faith giving heresy, the positive confession movement, the prosperity gospel, the word of faith movement, verses health and wealth preachers use, verses prosperity preachers use
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