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…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “LAST DAY FAITH-LASTING OR LAPSING?” I remember hearing Adrian Rogers, who passed away in November 2005, said in a sermon, “In the last days people will be deserting the Church like rats deserting a sinking ship!” He was basing it on what Paul said in I Timothy 4:1 “The Spirit expressly says, in…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “The Bible: Relic or Relevant? The Bible continues to be the perennial best seller of all books! That being said, there is a legitimate question about the impact that it is currently having on lives in this 21st century. Just before he gave up hosting the Tonight Show, Jay Leno did an…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “The RSVP of Salvation”. In Acts 16:30 the Philippian Jailor asked one of the most important questions that anyone, at any time, can ask and answer…”What must I do to be saved?” The Apostle Paul gave him a clear and concise answer-“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved!” …
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “A Reach That Exceeds Your Grasp”. Despite anything that secularism can undermine; or that materialism can inhibit; or that humanism can defy-there is still a rampant interest in the question is there life after life? Does life, in whatever form, exist after life, as we know it? There have been various attempts…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “LAST DAY BATTLEFIELD-THE HEART OF MAN” In his book, The Brother’s Karamazov, 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. The devil is, and…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “IDENTITY-YOU CAN’T GO BACK HOME TO FIND IT!” In 1975, two years before his death, Charlie Chaplin was visiting France. He visited nearby Monaco, and while there he entered “Charlie-Chaplin Look-Alike Contest”. He thought he was a shoe-in to win the prize money, and everyone would have a good laugh. Charlie came…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “HELPING GOD PAINT HIS MASTERPIECE” The year was 1787. A group of Baptist Clergymen were meeting to debate whether it is the responsibility and duty of Christians to spread the Gospel. William Carey, after reading the sermons of Jonathan Edwards, and the Diary of David Brainerd, was feeling an overwhelming call to…
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 to those claims and with reluctance at first, turning from atheism to faith. As he tried to share his journey with other scholars at…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: MARK TWAIN-LINCOLN OF LITERATURE BUT SPIRITUAL SHIPWRECK? Everybody loves Mark Twain. Every school boy and girl enjoyed reading The Adventures Tom Sawyer, and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Both give us insight to what it was like growing up in Hannibal, Missouri in the mid 1800’s. The Family Encyclopedia of American History…