by Josh Weidmann | Feb 4, 2014 | Articles, Christian Life
A pastor shares his experience as he was visiting a new couple that started attending his church: As he talked with the parents at the kitchen table, the children were at play not far from where he sat. Suddenly, he heard an animal-like moan come from the other room....
by Josh Weidmann | Feb 4, 2014 | Articles, Christian Life
We are not a wrecked people. We find our comforts close at hand and our convictions deeply hidden. I am beginning to understand that this is terribly wrong. God has a desire for us to feel the weight of His pain but also the relief to know that it is ultimately His...
by Josh Weidmann | Feb 4, 2014 | Articles, Christian Life, Leadership
At times it seems that the economy of heaven is upside down. We are used to a this fight-to-win-it world which declare loudly that only the weak will fail. Yet, in God’s eyes, the only way to succeed is to spend your soul at the deepest level. We are called to...
by Josh Weidmann | Feb 4, 2014 | Articles, Christian Life
When I was a little kid, I would play on a merry-go-round at the park with my dad. We would both run around it to get it spinning as fast as we could, and then on the count of three we would hop on. It was fun, but not always easy… many times I would miss the...
by Josh Weidmann | Feb 4, 2014 | Articles, Preaching
This weekend I opened my sermon with a joke. I thought it would bring laughter at the beginning of what I knew was going to be a heavy sermon. However, the joke didn’t work well at all. The reason being, I forgot a key line in the joke. It was a simple line that...
by Josh Weidmann | Feb 4, 2014 | Articles, Leadership
Mornings are a killer. I am not the kind of guy that usually rises with a pep-in-my-step. I wake up one braincell at a time. This is just the way that I am wired, and as much as I wish I could change it, I really can’t. So I have come up with some routines that help...