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Pushing the Rock
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH I have been pondering a story of a weak, sickly man. The man was so sick and he could not afford to go to town to the doctor. The man lived in the deep back woods in an old log cabin, and his condition seemed to grow worse.…
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Grace and Boots
BY JACK WARDPASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH It seems that one day a kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put on his cowboy boots. He asked for help, and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on. Finally, when the second…
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Effective Leadership
BY JACK WARD, PASTORTOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Once there was an ecumenical crusade that was being held in a large city. Every imaginable denomination was in attendance for this unprecedented event. One afternoon the gathering was in session when all of a sudden, a secretary rushed in shouting, “The building’s on fire! The building’s on…
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Why Do Christians Suffer?
BY JACK WARD Solomon surveyed the course of human existence 2,500 years ago and concluded that life is all vanity or emptiness. (Eccl. 2:18-23) He saw the righteous suffer and felt it was a form of injustice. Job must have felt much this way during his time of trial. Perhaps you, too, have gone through…
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The Greatest Words Jesus Ever Said
BY JACK WARD Some people have a way with words. They just have such a grasp of language and an eloquence of speech that they are always saying things that are deeply profound. Jesus was a person like that. All through the years of His recorded ministry, one thing about Him kept the people spellbound:…
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This is Good
BY JACK WARD The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, “This is good!” One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting…
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The Wrong Horse
BY JACK WARD Two Kentucky farmers who owned racing stables had developed a keen rivalry. One spring, each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking that a professional rider might help him outdo his friend, one of the farmers engaged a crack jockey. The two horses led the race at the last…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Why Do I Have to Wait?
BY JACK WARD What if I were going to go under a surgeon’s knife to redo my face, but I wanted to stay awake during the operation so I could tell the surgeon exactly how I wanted him to work on me? What If I told him to hurry? What if I were so impatient…
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The Pastor’s Pen: The Struggle of Honest Doubt
BY JACK WARD I heard a pastor tell a story about a miracle that happened in the life of a 15-year-old girl during a weekend retreat. Quiet, reserved, shy, brilliant and troubled. That’s how he described her. All weekend her hollow, lifeless eyes searched for answers to gnawing questions that had eroded her life and…
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The Pastor’s Pen
Balancing the Books BY JACK WARD When Jesus was tortured, it was the torture that should have been ours. On a very small scale, we all understand this principle. Imagine a young boy buying a small piece of candy at the store counter. The clerk rings it up, and it comes to 20 cents. He…
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