2 Timothy 2:2 “The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” (NASB) For most of my Christian life I have heard about, but rarely witnessed, the discipleship process called multiplication. Allow […]
Dr. Paul Pettit
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Job 31:1 (New Living Translation) “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.” Men’s ministries should become a safe place for men who are struggling with addiction to pornography. Pornography addiction should not be the only issue that a men’s ministry addresses […]
As Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” And Robert Frost noted, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Most men today talk about the outdoors … dream […]
Out of all the jobs I’ve had this one is the hardest. I’ve planted strawberries in the summer and Christmas trees in the fall, but this one takes more faith. I’ve delivered news over the radio to a nationwide audience, but that doesn’t compare to the cool and calm needed […]
2 Samuel 11:1 “In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.” Most of my life I’ve heard mature men stand […]
“… Be sure your sins will find you out …” – Numbers 32:23 “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” — from the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost I graduated so far back […]
You’ve probably heard someone say, “Money is the root of all evil!” However, that’s not what the Scriptures teach. The passage in question shows up in 1 Timothy 6:10 where the apostle Paul provides advice to his protégé, Timothy. Here are a few translations: “For the love of money is […]
Joshua 4: 4-9 records the command of Joshua for the Israelites to set up stones of remembrance. “So, Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into […]
Every four years, increasingly it seems, our country is whipped into a frenzy during the months leading up to the November presidential elections. Both sides dig in. Positions solidify. Name calling and ad hominem attacks are thrown around. Politicians promise life will be rosy if you give them your vote. […]
One in five people in the United States suffer from a disability. The Oxford Learner’s Dictionary defines disability as “a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for somebody to do some things most other people can do.” The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities […]