FIRST-PERSON: Making a connection by Doug Munton O’FALLON, Ill. (BP) — I moved several times as a boy and it wasn’t much fun Each time I had to overcome old fears, break down unseen barriers and make new friends. I never liked that feeling of being an outsider. I haven’t forgotten how it felt to…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “That Scar-Even that is no sacrifice!” By Ron Woodrum Doctor David Livingstone was one of the greatest missionaries to give his life for spreading the gospel. After war broke out in China, he had to change his plans for missionary work. His father-in-law, Robert Moffat challenged him to come and challenge the…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Laser-Light Gospel Evangelism”. By: Ron Woodrum I was led to Christ by Pastor Russell Pittman, of the Salem Baptist Church of Decatur, Illinois in early September 1968. The next year, after growing in Christ, I felt God calling me to give up plans to go to the University of Illinois and be…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “A Brand Plucked From the Fire-with the World His Gospel Parish”. By: Ron Woodrum One of the most interesting and impacting Christian influences of the 18th Century was John Wesley. Historians feel that he, and possibly George Whitefield, are the reason that England escaped the Revolutionary tragedy and turmoil that plagued France…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE; “The Mastery of That One Essential Thing”. By: Ron Woodrum Maybe you have seen the movie City Slickers starring Billy Crystal and Jack Palance. Billy Crystal plays a white-collar guy named Mitch. He is married with children and is questioning whether anything in his life really matters! He and his two friends…