PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “DON’T SURRENDER YOUR DREAM-WHISTLING THROUGH THE TOMBSTONES!” By: Ron Woodrum In his great classic The City of God Augustine describes our condition on earth as a form of citizenship in two cities, the city of man and the City of God. The lure of the city of man often silences the…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “So hallowed and gracious is the time” By: Ron Woodrum “So hallowed and gracious is the time”-those are words from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. They should be read in context. Some say that ever ‘gainst the season comes Wherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long;…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: WONDERFUL WORDS OF LIFE By: Ron Woodrum Adolf Hitler certainly knew the power of words. His book Mein Kampf, (My Struggle), written during his imprisonment in 1921 has rivaled Pilgrim’s Progress for the second-best selling book in history, second only to the Bible. That book laid the foundation for the rise of the…
Pastor’s Perspective: CHRISTIANS THAT “HAUNT” THE WORLD! By: Ron Woodrum Clarence Jordan, famous for building the Christian Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia, to benefit poor and needy people, wrote often about Christian influence. He wrote these powerful words: It is difficult to be indifferent to a wide-awake Christian. That is, a real,…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “SLOWLY GROWING WISE-ABOUT THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS!” By: Ron Woodrum Tri Valley Baptist Church has completed its first twenty years of ministry. Over the years we have had many men of God lead us in the ministry of winning our community to Christ. I believe it has been the measure of every…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: ”LAST DAY BATTLEFIELD-THE HEART OF MAN” By: Ron Woodrum In his book, The Brother’s Karamozov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky poignantly states, “The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man”. That battle involves recognizing truth-God’s truth. …
Pastor’s Perspective: “What Is Wrong With The Church?” By: Ron Woodrum IT IS VERY FASHIONABLE nowadays to ask, “What is wrong with the Church?” It is no new subject. There has always been something or other wrong with the professing church, and there have always been speakers aplenty to discuss it. Unfortunately, their speaking…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “BY PASSING THE POOL OF SILOAM” By: Ron Woodrum Joni EricksonTada was born in 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland, the youngest of four daughters.[As a teenager, Tada enjoyed riding horses, hiking, tennis, and swimming. On July 30, 1967, she dove into Chesapeake Bay ,after misjudging the shallowness of the water. She suffered a…
Pastor’s Perspective: Radical or Ludicrous Twaddle? By: Ron Woodrum John Henry Jowett said, “ministry that costs nothing, accomplishes nothing!”. That statement may be one of the most pertinent comments on the modern evangelical church today. We have heard our Lord’s commission. We have committed ourselves to carrying it out, in obedience to His command. It…
Pastor’s Perspective: Disciples armed with the Sword and Trowel By: Ron Woodrum Several years ago, while visiting the Henson-Robinson zoo in Springfield, Illinois, Justin was attracted to the beautiful peacock. As he approached this beautiful bird, it turned on him, an in an instant startled him with a scream that drives all around it…