-
Never Leave the Same Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.” John 5:13-14 “Sin no…
-
What’s next?
BY DAWN REED My co-worker Michelle gave her heart to Jesus when she was 14. Over the years, she has served at her church in many ways: children’s church, Sunday School, VBS, and wherever needed. Months ago, her new pastor asked the congregation, “What’s next?” Yes, they were loving and serving the Lord, but what…
-
God can save anyone
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH What happens when we learn about a really bad guy repenting? It happens all the time in prison ministry, yet many of us think those people aren’t worth saving. They had more chances than most of us are willing to give them, yet God hasn’t given up…
-
Never Leave the Same
BY GREG CRUM PASTOR, CALVARY TEMPLE “But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south…
-
Leaving Africa
BY DAWN REED Let’s begin at the end. I am writing this on the plane. We are boarded and ready to return from Gate Five in Nairobi, Kenya. The captain has just finished making the traditional announcements in both German and English. The flight attendants have shown the obligatory video regarding every emergency imaginable. We…
-
What God can do with a motley crew
BY DAWN REED They didn’t look like much. Three “D’s.” Described as “distressed, in debt and discontented,” they weren’t exactly the kind of bunch you’d want to throw in with. Distressed also means “upset, distraught, troubled, worried.” In debt? I know exactly what that is: financial bondage. Been there, done that. Synonyms for discontented are…
-
Repent and Refresh Part 2
BY GREG CRUM PASTOR, CALVARY TEMPLE “In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.” II Timothy 2:25-26 In these two verses…
-
Missing church
One fine spring Sunday morning, the Baptist preacher was gazing out of his office window at a nearby trout stream. “Today would be a good day to sneak off and go fishing,” he thought. The weather was perfect, his fly rod had new string, he had very recently heard reports of a good trout run,…
-
Anger on the golf course
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH There were times when golf course etiquette was completely traded in for the ever-popular “lose control and act like a madman” routine. There’s something intriguing about watching a full-grown man crumble to pieces over a tiny ball that’s 1½ inches in diameter. I’ve seen guys throw their…
-
Repent and Refresh
BY GREG CRUM “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;” Acts 3:19 Acts Chapter 3 begins by telling us of the day that Peter and John were used by God to heal a beggar at one…
