In my early twenties, I felt like I was spinning my wheels, having neglected to return to college to complete my degree for pastoral work. Instead, I found a job working in the warehouse for a business forms company, where I made deliveries. There, I met Alan, who had already been there for a while, … Continue reading –>
As we near the end of studying the life of Christ in the book of Mark, we see how Jesus taught His disciples and told them to make disciples, but did it ever occur to us that Jesus was a disciple? Jesus was a disciple of His Father, and in Jesus’ public life and private … Continue reading –>
So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?…” Mark 10:51 NKJV While we were studying last week’s Sabbath School lesson in class, a friend told an interesting and disturbing story. She said several years ago her stepfather was in the hospital. A “sunshine band” from her local … Continue reading –>
Last week I was in a pastor’s meeting where we were reminded, we are preaching the Gospel to a biblically illiterate generation. Even in the church, for various reasons the current generation is not reading their Bible as the generations before have. Now, before I sound all gloom and doom, I do know many in … Continue reading –>
Mary, an elderly lady in the Tampa First Seventh-day Adventist Church, where I served as a Bible Worker years ago, told me how she became a Seventh-day Adventist in the early ’30s in British Honduras, now Belize. She was school age, when her little brother noticed a huge tent going up in town. He told … Continue reading –>
The late evangelist Ron Halverson told a story of him knocking on a door one night in Harlem, New York. A young woman answered the door. She had grown up a pastor’s daughter, but had become a prostitute. The woman looked at the Bible in Halverson’s hand and said, “I’m not interested!” Quick-witted Halverson responded as she … Continue reading –>
Before becoming a pastor I spent almost 30 years as a Bible Worker. However, growing up I was not familiar with the term “Bible Worker” until I found myself on a church softball team, captained by the new local Bible Worker. I failed to eat breakfast before running off to play. Not too bright. In … Continue reading –>
A while back a lady went into the hospital for a few days. While she was there, a local elder, and deacon came to visit her. However she was released from the hospital before the Senior or Associate pastors of the church could come see her. After her release, she mentioned to me that none … Continue reading –>
With this week’s lesson titled, “Salvation and the End Time,“ this is a good time to think about how we can share the hope of salvation with those those around us. “More people than we think are longing to find the way to Christ. Those who preach the last message of mercy should bear in mind … Continue reading –>
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God Romans 3:23 NKJV One night I was lamenting to God, about all the apostasy, and outright rebellion going on even in Christian cultures. As I was “interceding” for the “fallen” I felt the Holy Spirit tap me on the heart, and ask, What … Continue reading –>
