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My First Year
I spent about five years interning before I took my first full time position as Youth Pastor. Up until that point, I had little desire to work with teenagers. It was like a story straight out of the New Testament for me. I saw the Lord work in my heart, bringing me closer to the…
Read MoreThe Public School System
Few things have done more to weaken Bible-believing churches than the public school system with its anti-God, anti-Bible, evolutionary, socialistic, globalistic agenda. It is a major tool of the “god of this world” in these end times. Christian parents have foolishly turned their children over to the hands of the devil to be brainwashed and…
Read MoreFilling up your Sunday school class
Luke 14:23 “And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel ( them ) to come in, that my house may be filled.” In this passage of scripture the Lord, or master sends his servants out. The Lord in this passage is of course the Lord Jesus Christ…
Read MoreWhen God Is Not Enough
1 Samuel 8:19-20 “Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.” Here, we see that the…
Read MoreTheological Liberalism
Confidence in the Bible was weakened by theological liberalism and Darwinian evolution, and this greatly affected the spiritual power of churches. Though liberalism took many forms, its essence is an attack upon the authority of the Bible. The Northern Baptists became liberal in theology at the beginning of the 20th century. (They were known as…
Read MoreHow To Keep Going In The Ministry?
Do you ever wonder whether all the time and effort you are putting into the ministry is worth it? Do you ever feel like what you are doing is not all that important? Do you wake up some mornings and feel like quitting the ministry? Do you get discouraged when you try to love and…
Read MoreThe Razor’s Edge
Dear Pastor, Youth Pastor or Youth Worker, I wanted to tell you about a conference the Lord has laid on our hearts specifically for those working with teenagers. I know how much time and effort youth workers put into their ministry to see the next generation reach their full potential for Christ. Youth workers spend…
Read MoreRecipe for a Happy Marriage
Matthew 19:4 “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,” We often make marriage more difficult than what it should be. God intended for marriage to be a blessed and happy institution, but the complexities that many add to…
Read MoreThe Value of Labor
Proverbs 14:23 “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.” My parents taught me the value of labor. Both of my parents never allowed me to whine or avoid work because they knew how it would help me through life. My father would often have people in…
Read MoreThe Weakness of CCM
A reason why we are opposed to Contemporary Christian Music is that when it comes into a church (or into the life of an individual) it weakens the church’s Biblicist stance and results in a gradual lowering of standards of morality and doctrine. The late Gordon Sears, who had an evangelistic music ministry for many years…
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