Pastors
I remember when I first met Ralph Jackman. I was a new pastor at our sister church in Maple Hill. We met at a regional church meeting in Wichita. I was impressed with his leadership and assertiveness....
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My friends, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, but if I did so I would be early. Christmas won’t arrive until December 25th, and then by the Christian calendar it will last 12 days. We all...
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“…his work will be shown for what it is…” – I Corinthians 3:13aIt’s hard to leave a ministry. I remember the feeling when I visited a church I had once pastored. I came...
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“All things are yours…”Paul said this twice (in I Corinthians 3:21 and 22), couched in what might be words from an ancient hymn: “whether… the world or life or death or the present or the future – all...
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I’m a long ways from retirement, but I’ve seen a few pastors struggle with it through the years. So I was curious for my dad’s advice since he seems to be doing so well with it. We had coffee last...
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Faith is a source of comfort. There are some great passages of scripture that speak to this directly, like Isaiah 40:1-2 and II Corinthians 1:3-7. More directly, though, I think of my own experiences...
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I remember feeling excited when I was a young and growing Christian. I understood strongly that a follower of Jesus can change the world. I knew that God had a special purpose for my life. There was a...
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A million young poets screamin' out their words; Maybe someday those words will be heard By future generations ridin' on the highways that we built. Maybe they'll have a better...
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“One of the compensations for old age is that you can do anything you want to do; you’re so old that it’s unimportant. I think I could announce that I was an anarchist or a communist or anything else...
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Occasionally we hear the gospel song that says “This world not my home, I’m just a-passing through.” This line reminds us that our citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20). So long as we’re on this...
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