I’ve been promoting a post on Facebook lately that has received a number of snarky comments from the general public about so-called “rich pastors.” Yes, there are some prominent wealthy pastors in the U.S. But they comprise a very small fraction of ministers. Considering their educational level, experience, responsibilities, and […]
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I like to kid my evolutionist friends that evolution can’t be true because those who believe in it have fewer children than those who don’t, making belief in evolution “less adaptive” for our species (in evolution-speak) than not believing in it. I don’t know if evolutionists having fewer children is […]
“Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. […]
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.” Matthew 6:19 You won’t find it on Trip Adviser. You won’t see a flashing ad for it when arriving at Denver International Airport. No slick brochure at the visitor […]
I grew up with a number of wonderful, dedicated Armenian Christians in my boyhood church. It was easy to tell who they were. Their family names all ended in “ian;” names like Sunukjian, Kitabjian, Bogoisan, Matosian, and Maljanian. I still keep in touch with a few of them. What I […]
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature […]
“He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.” Psalm 91:11 I first learned about guardian angels from a doctor when I was four years old. I was playing with my sister half way up the staircase at home when I tripped, tumbled […]
Sometimes, when I approach someone about starting a men’s team ministry to their widowed and single parents in their church, I get the following response: “Oh, my church already has a Stephen Ministry.” Stephen Ministry, for those who haven’t heard of it, is an excellent non-denominational ministry that trains lay […]
The problem with being a twenty-five year old, single, and inexperienced seminary graduate is that no church wants a twenty-five year old, single, and inexperienced seminary graduate for their pastor. Except there was that one Czech church in Snook, Texas that invited me to candidate. When the chairman of the […]
I received a pleasant surprise on Facebook this past Father’s Day. I got a shout out from David McWhirter, who was a teenager in my first pastorate many years ago. Along with his brother, I used to pick them up and take them to church. Here’s what David said: Today […]