Christians and the Government

Christians and the Government

Last night I spent the evening with a friend, and we inevitably got into a conversation about this week’s election. We started to ask questions about what God thinks of the earthy government. As we searched the scriptures for some answers, this particular passage...
Process of Preparing a Sermon

Process of Preparing a Sermon

1. God Lays a Message on the Heart of the Messenger Here you need to ask the Lord, through fervent prayer, “What is it that you want to communicate to your people, God?” Identify ways that God is communicating to you personally. What is it that He is stirring within...
Reading & Listening Sermon Prep

Reading & Listening Sermon Prep

It is a daunting task for a preacher to find the right resources for a sermon. At the onset of a sermon series, I strive to find a few “Friends” to join me along the way. By this I mean that I look for commentators and authors who have invested their lives in the...
3×3 Prayer

3×3 Prayer

Prayer and evangelism are inseparable. Imagine what might happen  if you got together regularly with two of your other Christian friends and pray for your unsaved friends. Here’s a suggestion for you… Each of you writes down three unsaved friends. If you each are...
Seek What First?

Seek What First?

I’ve been fighting a fever and headaches on and off for the last two weeks. With over 100 hours of laying flat on my back, I’ve had a lot of time to think. By having my health taken from me, and forced down time, I started to evaluate some fundamentals in my life. The...
Installing an Elder, 1 Timothy 5:17-23

Installing an Elder, 1 Timothy 5:17-23

When I was a beginning my role as senior pastor the elders asked me what I was excepting out of the “laying on of the hands of the Elders” to install me into the office of pastor and Elder. I said, “My main expectation is that is done...