Christianity

About four years ago, I began praying for God to call me into pastoral ministry. Being a pastor just might be one of the most stressful positions on planet Earth.  It has many great high's, many sad low's, but it also offers thousands and thousands of blessings! I love to preach God's Word and I

As a continuation of my last post (When God Had Front Row Seats To A Murder), I want to address God's will in the lives of His people. In that last article I mentioned that it sometimes hurts to be a worshiper of God.  Life isn't always daisies for a believer.  Occasionally, its inconvenient,

Wondering what God's will for your life is?  Maybe God's will for your life is that you don't live much longer.  Ever thought about it? Obviously, I have no idea whether or not God's desire for you or me is that we die any time soon.  (I hope it isn't, by the way.)  But every one of us will die,

Nobody likes cliques, especially when they invade the Sunday morning worship service. What should a church do when cliques begin to form in its membership?  Have you ever thought about that? Isn't it strange how a group of believer's can come together to worship the Lord, praise God through

As a continuation of my last post, we’ve been looking at how God introduced persecution to the early church in the book of Acts because they would not leave the city of Jerusalem in order to share the gospel with other cities (nations).  Although much blessing was taking place throughout the city of

My wife and I have five wonderful children. Three are ours biologically and the two youngest were gifts from God through international adoption.  Each of our five children are equally precious to my wife and me.  The manner in which they came into our family is totally irrelevant when it comes to