Pastor's Blog (Page 49)

Nine unusual words caught my attention about King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 17:6. Jehoshaphat took great pride in the ways of the Lord. The Hebrew text reads, “his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord.” My eyes lit on that phrase and suddenly it seemed as if God were saying, “Yes, I sovereignly placed that phrase in the Scriptures millennia ago…

2 Chronicles 20. Jehoshaphat receives crushing news of an impending attack by a great multitude. He’s afraid. He responds by turning his attention to seek the Lord. He proclaims a fast. He leads in humble, dependent waiting before God: “All Judah was standing before the Lord, with their infants, their wives and their children” (v. 13). THEN… after…

There are two kinds of NO REGRETS living. A young, 25-year-old missionary hopeful named William Borden lay dying in Egypt. Many said he had “thrown away his life,” having left the family business and his inherited millions to take the Gospel to the Muslim Kansu people of China. But he never made it to China. Just three months after his departure, while…

“Congratulations, Graduates!” is a familiar phrase this time of year. And as a church family, we are especially blessed this spring with a large number of graduates. To all of you who are graduating, we salute you for your fine accomplishments and achievements! How proud we are! We rejoice with you at this significant milestone! All this excitement about…

Ah, Spring! …fresh flowers, cool breezes, birds singing, new growth… and love birds (the featherless type) strolling hand-in-hand, laughing and giggling, a bit glassy-eyed, and rather unaware of schedules or deadlines… Only one thing is on their minds: being with the other. There’s something about being with the person you love, whether it’s…

One of the most frantic calls a towing service ever receives is from a cement truck company: “We’ve got a fully loaded mixer broken down at Main and Blossom! We need you there ASAP!” Because when that drum stops turning, the concrete sets up fast! And if the concrete sets up in the drum, someone has to get inside that mixer drum and chisel out the…