PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: GOD IN THE DOORWAY-NOT SO CLOSE PLEASE! (By: Ron Woodrum) Anne Dillard, in her short story “God In The Doorway”, paints a vivid picture of the dilemna that we face in trying to introduce a sinful world to a Holy God who loves them unconditionally. She writes, “One cold Christmas Eve I…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “KEEP TRUST YOUR FATHER-THE ENGINEER” (By: Ron Woodrum) As 2016 begins we are reminded that history is the record of man’s failure as we march toward Armageddon. Not long before his death, Dag Hmammerskjold, the Secretary General of the United Nations requested a meeting with the Rev. Billy Graham. He was very depressed as…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “THE DISMAL COMPANY…ONLY TO SELF TRUE!” By: Ron Woodrum There is an unusual quote, from a very unusual source, that God recently brought to my attention, that describes our world today, both those inside and outside the Church, quite accurately. It describes our most destructive attitude that perpetrates and perpetuates our …
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “What We Obtain Too Cheaply…We Esteem Too Lightly!” By: Ron Woodrum Two hundred forty years ago last week, General George Washington and his troops found themselves at as crossroad. Britain was doing its best to defeat this upstart amatuer continental army and demonstrate its supremacy. To America this was a “crisis”. As…
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. …