It has been discussed recently within ministerial circles in the United Pentecostal Church that a great need exists to save our next generation from neglecting the call of God on their lives. In order to impact the world in the future, it will depend upon later generations having been effectively trained, equipped and inspired to… Continue reading Righting a Generational Slip
Month: July 2009
Quoted: Pastor J.H. Osborne on Ministerial Pride
Lots of men would prefer their messages to die with them than have to share with a young man who might be able to deliver it better.
Rant: Placating and Passifying an Adulterous Generation
I’m irate. I’m growing very concerned, and even sick to my stomach over trends I see around me in the world of the Church. I am a 37 year old pastor who once considered himself to be moderately conservative, but am deeply concerned to know that others around me view me now as ultra conservative.… Continue reading Rant: Placating and Passifying an Adulterous Generation
Poem: The Bridge Builder
An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim; The sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned, when safe on the other side, And… Continue reading Poem: The Bridge Builder
Quoted: Admiral Hyman Rickover on Classifying Men
Great men talk about ideas; Mediocre men talk about things; Small men talk about people.
The Unspoken Commandments
I had an interesting observation last week while one of our ministers was teaching about the cost of discipleship. He mentioned the rich young ruler, and how he had followed the commandments, but still was lacking. I started to count the commandments Jesus listed, and it dawned on me that it was an impartial list!… Continue reading The Unspoken Commandments
Enfranchising the Disenfranchised
From time to time, the landscape of generations change, bringing with it an overall “personality”, or feeling… both in the secular world, and in the church world. The feeling may not necessarily be ascribed to by all from that generation, but certainly they are affected by it. Our current generational landscape of young ministers seems… Continue reading Enfranchising the Disenfranchised
Michael Jackson: Never Found Life
This is from a secular marketing blog I frequent… though it’s not “spiritual” in nature, the author unwittingly tells a very spiritual description of Jackson, his quest, and his end. Quote: It seems fitting, ironic and ultimately tragic that Michael Jackson’s best-known ad moment involved a freak accident. In 1984, at the height of his… Continue reading Michael Jackson: Never Found Life
Quoted: Billy Cole on Mistakes
A doctors mistakes get buried, but a preachers mistakes go to hell.
Claim: Remains of Apostle Paul Found
The Vatican has announced that bone fragments found in a church crypt may be the remains of the Apostle Paul. Pope Benedict XVI has announced the bone fragments were found in a tomb beneath the floor of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside-The-Walls. Benedict said the bones, which were found inside a stone sarcophagus under… Continue reading Claim: Remains of Apostle Paul Found