It’s so easy to be passionate about spiritual influences, but it takes a heart totally in love with Jesus to put feet in His footprints. It’s fun to be thrilled by spiritual successes, but difficult to walk in lock-step in the midst of hardship. Paul told Timothy to “endure hardship as a good […]

Ever grow weary in well-doing? Paul referenced that idea in Gal. 6:9 and again in 2 Thess. 3:3. Most have experienced it. In our instant everything society, we mistakenly think we can plow, plant, nurture, and reap all at the same time. When that doesn’t happen, we grow weary. Part of the problem […]

Among the lessons I’ve learned through the years is a good way to minister to people is to get away from them on a regular basis. Before you brand me as something weird, I learned this lesson from Jesus who “often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed” (Luke 5:16). One difference is that […]

The images were all too familiar. A church surrounded by emergency vehicles. Church members in shock. Yellow crime scene tape everywhere. Various interpretations of what happened. Many worshippers thinking it was part of a skit. This time it was First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois. Nine and a […]

The images were all too familiar. A church surrounded by emergency vehicles. Church members in shock. Yellow crime scene tape everywhere. Various interpretations of what happened. Many worshippers thinking it was part of a skit. This time it was First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois. Nine and a […]