PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “ABIDING HARD BY THE CROSS-SO SPARKS OF CALVARY CAN KINDLE OUR FIRE”. Matthew 27:36 says “And sitting down they were watching Him there”. Mark 15:40 says, “The women were there looking from afar off and were looking on”. He lists them, “Mary Magdalene, Mary of James the least, and Joseph’s mother, (John calls her of…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Catacombs Conquering the Coliseum”. 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 where “Christians died for a faith, that is now taken too lightly”. i.e. “taken for granted”. We look back to that famous historic amphitheater…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: THE PRAYER OF CAUSALITY CAN CHANGE OUR VEXING BURDEN INTO BLESSED VICTORY! Several years ago the New York Herald Tribune told the story of a tragedy involving a Long Island man who began digging his own well, of all days on his birthday! He had rigged up quite an operation with his…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “The LORD of the Sum of All The Parts!” Jay Rathman was hunting deer in the Tehema Wildlife Area near Red Bluff in northern California. He climbed to a ledge on the slope of a rocky gorge. As he raised his head to look over the ledge above, he sensed movement to…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “The little difference that makes a big difference”. Howard W. Ferrin, President of Providence Bible College, used to exhort his students often with the following words: “There is little difference between men, but that little difference makes a big difference!” He told them that to encourage them to pay the price; to…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Streams of Mercy-Never Ceasing!” Robert Robinson was born September 27th 1735. He lost his father at an early age and was raised by a poor single mother. She was a godly woman, raising 12 children on a meager income. She prayed for her children, and especially prayed that Robert would become a…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “SUPER Bowl – Youth Encounter in Illinois”. 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…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Can Christians be Indubitably real ever again?” The Wesleyan revival of the eighteenth century was one of the great outpourings of the Spirit, and the secret to retaining the fruits of revival was the class meetings that were held by the Wesley’s. They emphasized Bible reading, prayer, holiness and dedication to be practiced…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “AFTER-CHRISTS…IN TEN THOUSAND PLACES!” When Jesus breathed His last breath, and Joseph of Arimathea and Nikodemus claimed His body and buried it in that borrowed tomb everyone-followers and enemies thought that was the tragic end. The Jewish leaders thought they had squashed the crisis that was the greatest threat to Judaism, as…
PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE: “Losing Ground or Practicing Detente?” 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 of all time. I attended…