Tag: Jack Ward

BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Some years ago, two teenagers with a long history of crime and misbehavior robbed a YMCA on the lowest East Side of New York City. On the way out they saw a young man at the telephone switchboard. They were frightened and assumed that the man must…

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BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Even when we come across test questions that seem simple on the surface, we find that they’re often not as simple as we first thought. For instance, the answer to the question, “How long did the Hundred Years War last?’ seems obvious, but the answer is 116…

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BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH On May 28, 1914, a ship called the Express of Ireland hit another ship and began to sink quickly. As the ship began to sink in the cold Atlantic Ocean, it was discovered that there were not enough life belts on board for all the passengers. On…

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BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH In Canada, a believer operated a large grain farm. His spread included some 2,500 acres. When asked how he planted the seed, he reached into a bin and pulled out an ear of corn. Then he proceeded to pop out the kernels one by one as he…

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BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Chuck Yeager was the first man ever to break the sound barrier in an aircraft. Planes like the British Meteor jets that approached the speed of sound (760 mph at sea level, 660 mph at 40,000 feet) had encountered severe buffeting of the controls. At that time,…

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BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Habakkuk 3:17-19: “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the…

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BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH When we sin we try to justify it, rectify it and ignore it. But the thing is that God knows all about it. God hates sin, but fortunately, He loves the sinner. As long as we are alive, though, we will try to sin and get away…

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BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH “If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 9:12) What Paul says is, “I’m not standing up for my rights. I…

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BY JACK WARD If I decided to join the U.S. Army and depending on whether or not I could pass the physical, I figured it should only take me about one week of training, and I would be ready. We all know better than that, don’t we? One week of training would never prepare anyone…

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BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Philip Parham tells the story of a rich industrialist who was disturbed to find a fisherman sitting lazily beside his boat. “Why aren’t you out there fishing?” he asked. “Because I’ve caught enough fish for today,” said the fisherman. “Why don’t you catch more fish than you…

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