PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Saved by the faithful effort of the One who Loves Us!” The USS Astoria was a heavy cruiser that saw duty during World War II’s Battle of the Coral Sea and at Midway, then was sunk in August of 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island. On board in the fight for Savo…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: The Church’s Last and Lasting Promise The names Saipan, Iwo Jima, Samoa, Guadalcanal, Bataan, Corregidor to name just a few, meant very little to Americans in the early 1940’s. They were just some God-forsaken pieces of real estate somewhere in the South Pacific! But they would soon become household names all across the…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Dorian Gray: Portrait of A New Creation?”. In his book, Death In The City, Francis Schaeffer, in 1969, saw with an accurate prophetic eye, what we are living out today. He begins his book with these words-“We live in a post-Christian world!” He details the enormity of what this means, and then says,…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “PLOWING THE SEA OR EVERLASTING SPLENDORS? The story of Esau, what an encouragement to all of us! When God asked him, what is your name? It must have been with great apprehension and disappointment he could only say, “Jacob”. But the Angel of the Lord told him no longer! “Thou shall be called…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Lost Passion-Lost Persuasion”. One of the great agnostics of all time was Bertrand Russell. He was a very outspoken enemy of Christ and the Church. He wrote many books refuting the arguments for Christianity. Yet, in one of his books he spoke very pointedly to the key to our ministry and mission. His…
Pastor’s Perspective: “What Is Wrong With The Church?” 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 usually relieves only the…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: In the Greek Islands, one can seek out the home of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. In the area, one can also find an olive tree, supposedly dating from his time. If this is so, this tree would then be some 2400 years old. The trunk of this tree is very large…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Losing Ground or Any Direction as long as it is forward” In 1988 I had the privilege of attending the Conference on Biblical Inerrancy/Biblical Interpretation held at the Second Baptist Church of Houston, Texas. I had the privilege of taking seminar classes at the feet of some of the most gifted Evangelical Scholars…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “GO FOR SOULS…GO FOR THE WORST!” Most of us are very familiar with the ministry of the Salvation Army. We have all given donations to the Red Kettle, and probably many of us have even taken a turn or two at “ringing the bell”. Every major town or city has its Salvation Army…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Finding out where joy resides…and giving it a voice”. – (Robert Louis Stevenson) Robert Louis Stevenson said, the real work of the Poet is “finding out where joy resides and give it a voice beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss it all!” Every man, woman, boy, and girl on…