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The Pastor’s Pen: Cure for the World’s Most Hopeless Man
BY JACK WARD Doctors of old times tested the sanity of mental patients with the following test: The patient was placed in a room with a sink. The faucet was turned on, and a stopper was put in the drain until the sink overflowed. The patient was then handed a mop, and the door was…
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Jesus can hear what you think
BY MOLLY HINKLE Some people live as though my big brother Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and loving savior God almighty, doesn’t exist. As if He never gave His word and as if they can do or say anything without consequences. Yes, even some believers act this way, but God makes it clear that our relationships…
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The Pastor’s Pen: How Do You Measure Evil?
Jack Ward, PastorTomahawk Missionary Baptist Church Some people claim there is no God because there is evil in the world. That is really a backward statement. Let me explain. Is cold something that can be measured? Absolutely not. There is no measurement for cold. We measure heat only. What is greater? Heat or cold? Heat…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Remember how to stand up
BY JACK WARD The birth of a giraffe: The first things to emerge are the baby giraffe’s front hooves and head. A few minutes later, the plucky newborn is hurled forth, falls 10 feet, and lands on its back. Within seconds, he rolls to an upright position with his legs tucked under his body. From…
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Count the cost
BY MOLLY HINKLE Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of the mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Surrender
BY JACK WARD Paul Stanley tells this story from his military experience: “As an infantry company commander in Vietnam in 1967, I saw Viet Cong soldiers surrender many times. As they were placed in custody, marched away, and briefly interrogated, their body language and facial expressions always caught my attention. Most hung their heads in…
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Habakkuk’s prayer
BY MOLLY HINKLE Habakkuk knew of the mighty deeds God had done — how He had spoken the world into existence, delivered His people from Egypt and led them into the promised land, and had given them unbelievable victories in battle, performing miracle after miracle. But for Habakkuk, knowing wasn’t enough. He hungered to experience…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Is Doctrine Boring?
BY JACK WARDPastor, Tomahawk Missionary Baptist Church I don’t know who Bill Sullivan is, but I found something he wrote that really is important. Here it is. “Some might think that a sermon examining doctrine is dry and boring. More than that, they might think that doctrine isn’t as important as something you can apply…
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The Pastor’s Pen: All in Perspective
Jack Ward, PastorTomahawk Missionary Baptist Church John Maxwell tells the story of two shoe salesmen who were sent to a remote Island to sell shoes. After arriving, the first salesman called the home office back in Chicago and told them that he would be returning the next day because no one on the Island even…
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The Pastor’s Pen: Every Life Matters
BY JACK WARD Pastor, Tomahawk Missionary Baptist Church A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation—and ethical problem—to his students: “Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis, the mother has TB, and they already have had four children. The first is blind, the second had died, the third is deaf,…
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