Jesus-A Poached Egg? Or Perfect Essence?
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: Jesus-A Poached Egg? Or Perfect Essence? C.S. Lewis found himself confronted with the claims of Jesus Christ. After weighing the evidence about Christ he found himself giving in…
How To Get a Solid Grace-Framed Agenda for the New Year
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “How To Get a Solid Grace-Framed Agenda for the New Year”. I want to begin this perspective with some advice, as I often do, from one of my…
A MOST MISCHEVIOUS SUPERSTION”-“ROOTED IN HISTORY!
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “A MOST MISCHEVIOUS SUPERSTION”-“ROOTED IN HISTORY!” As we celebrate Christmas again this year there is a troubling trend that I think never quite gets addressed by Christians. Christmas…
GROWING WISER THIS CHRISTMAS
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “GROWING WISER THIS CHRISTMAS” Tri Valley Baptist Church has completed twenty-nine years of ministry. Over the years we have had many men of God lead us in the…
The unedited Christmas and the Perfect Tree
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “The unedited Christmas and the Perfect Tree” It’s the king of all classic TV Christmas specials: “A Charlie Brown Christmas“. It first aired in 1965. We know the…
CHRISTMAS-GOD HOOKING AN EXTRA ON THE FRONT OF ORDINARY
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “CHRISTMAS-GOD HOOKING AN EXTRA ON THE FRONT OF ORDINARY” Thanksgiving is now past. The major post-Thanksgiving sales are on. Black Friday-Small Business Saturday-Cyber Monday. Then all the adds…
THANKSLIVING: It’s better than THANKSGIVING!
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “THANKSLIVING: It’s better than THANKSGIVING!” I am not sure when, where, or who first used the term “thanksliving”. Peter Gomes, renowned preacher of Harvard University in the 20th…
Laser-Light Gospel Evangelism
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Laser-Light Gospel Evangelism”. 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…
THANKSGIVING-The inner health made audible…praise in it’s complete enjoyment…it’s appointed consummation
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “THANKSGIVING-The inner health made audible…praise in it’s complete enjoyment…it’s appointed consummation”. Ian McPherson, Scottish novelist (1905-1944), tells about traveling across England by train one hot summer day. As…
Catacoombs Conquering the Colieseum
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Catacoombs Conquering the Colieseum”. Things aren’t always as they appear. A recent magazine carried an article on the Coliseum in Rome. It spoke of it as the place…