Thanks to an overly zealous media we have all heard the plan of a Florida pastor to burn the Qur’an this last Saturday, the anniversary of the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Towers in New York. While the world was prepared to see if he would do it, many were trying to persuade this [...]
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Over the years I have thought a lot about what makes a church effective. I have come to the conclusion that effectiveness is driven by many factors under the direction of God with the cooperation of His people. Unity is a major component of a church’s health, vitality and success. Unity is having a common [...]
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Recently I stopped for an early Sunday morning breakfast at a MacDonalds. After picking up my order, I chose a seat at a counter with seven seats. The middle seat would allow me to eat my breakfast while watching two different news networks on TV monitors, one to my right and one to my left. [...]
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The Evangelical Pastors Network was conceived by a group of pastors who saw the need to come together on a regular basis for communication, enrichment, encouragement and prayer. This group will consist of pastors from all ethnic groups and all evangelical denominations. The doctrinal statement of the EPN is one that centers on the essentials [...]
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As most of you know, I do not get involved in politics or political parties. While there are a lot of reasons for or against my position, I believe God has called me to help build an eternal Kingdom expressed now through His Church. Having said that, I am very concerned about a moral issue [...]
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Last month as I was preparing to preach a message on the cross at a missionary enrichment conference in Switzerland, I began to reflect on “the top ten ways the cross of Christ continues to impact me.” Here are the ten with the first three coming from John Stott’s classic book, The Cross of Christ. [...]
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This veteran Day my mind was fixed on thirteen of our servicemen gunned down by a terrorist at Fort Hood. These people never had a chance to defend themselves or their nation. And yet I look at them as heroes. I reflected on all the freedoms that we enjoy and I know that they are [...]
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Carolyn and I were in Switzerland last week when we heard the news of Norm Vernon’s passing from this life into the arms of God. This past Monday was the memorial service for Norm. Norm lived a good life as a husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He had served as a pastor and interim [...]