Steeled To Do Wrong
I was fortunate enough to have been raised in a home with equal parts love, affirmation and discipline. That didn’t stop me from being a willful child. But I did learn that any determination I had for doing the wrong…
Don’t Be Left Out
Luke 3 & 4 is the launch of Jesus’ earthly ministry. He was thirty years old (Luke 3:23). He was baptized in water by John, affirmed by the Father, and filled with the Spirit (Luke 3:21-22). He was full of…
The Language of Ministry and Calling: John the Baptist
I can depend on it like the rain in Seattle: that evaluative question that will predictably be asked in the first five minutes of any introductory conversation with another pastor: “How many are in your church?” Though the phraseology may…