Last evening, our joint Good Friday service was filled with wonderful genuine worship and fellowship. As First Baptist and Northside Nazarene joined our worship teams, pastor Lynn Nichols led the Lord’s Supper, and I was privileged to preach the message. On Saturday morning, I’m still full of joy as I reflect on the service and …
A simple photo shouldn’t do this to me. Every time this picture has popped up on my screen, my heart is stirred with emotions. Those emotions cut a wide swath from deep gratitude to some sense of loss. It’s hard to convey how deep and important this accidental photo is to me on paper, but …
This is a first hand account from Mildred Callahan, my maternal grandmother. Grandpa (George) Callahan had joined the US Navy in 1927 generally serving on several battleships. On this day, he was on a ship in the middle of the Pacific headed to the Philippine Islands. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Sunday, December 7, 1941 – …
Whatever the pastor may give up on this earth as he submits in service to the Lord’s the flock, he will regain in endless reward from the chief Shepherd.
Jesus fulfilled the promise of God from the Old Testament to provide a messianic shepherd to lead His people (Jer. 23:3-4; Ezek. 34:23-24). As the Good Shepherd, Jesus set out in His ministry to train shepherds for His church that arise following His ascension. He did this by example and through his teaching—even having the …
Jesus spoke seven times while hanging on the cross outside the gates of Jerusalem. The first of those seven sayings are found in Luke 23:34. “Father forgive them, because they don’t know what they are doing.” Who were “they”? Who was it Jesus had on His mind when He spoke these words to His heavenly …
I can’t imagine a better day hunting. The photo of the two of us together with our trophies, both with the biggest trophies of our lives, communicates a lot of the story. My first reason for joining the lease was to spend more time with my brothers doing something we all love. This tops it off!
We can complain about the lost opportunities from our past or we can trust the promises of God and attack the challenges in front of us!
The Lord shows us His love, His presence, and His grace in the details of our lives – especially in the hard times.
While serving as the pastor of a rural Texas church, this author stood over the bedside while my fourteen-year-old daughter took her last breaths. With a broken heart and my wife by my side, I had confidence and faith in the power of God to carry me through this dark valley. I had stood by …