Stoking the Fires

A View from the Pews

Is it a biblical response for the church to file suit against current and past members? Do tithes and offerings of the defendants get used against them in doing so? I’m just asking. From the book: “April 16 opened up a greater chasm in the church when news came out that Steve had filed a … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Praise you, Father God, for my soul is timeless and will abide with you forever. Thank you for the promise of eternal life in the precious name and powerful authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen.   “No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has … Read more

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220527

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Today is a beautiful day, because David praises God for providing water for His creation, “You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.” (Psalm 65:10 ESV) Water #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Irreconcilable Differences

A View from the Pews

How do you reconcile polar opposite positions that cannot be together in the same space and time? The senior minister leaves or he stays, it’s one or the other. Even if both parties want what is best for the church, how do you compromise on what cannot be compromised? If the reason for the split … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Jesus, by your own words you are the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through you. You are our propitiation, our saving grace and our eternal hope. You are the way of salvation. I bring my praise in your precious name and powerful authority, according to the good … Read more

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220526

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Today is a beautiful day, because “You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.” (Psalm 65:9 ESV) Water #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

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King Jesus, we await your second coming. We expect to hear the trumpet blowing at any time. We prepare and we pray that you will find us ready. We trust in your eternal hope in your name above all names, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “Children, it is the … Read more

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220525

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Today is a beautiful day, because “A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” (Psalm 63:1 ESV) Water #joyinverse … Read more

A Shepherd of the Flock?

A View from the Pews

Is this how a good shepherd of the congregation should treat his flock? I’m just asking. “In rephrasing the question, he pointed to BK as the one needing to adjust, asking, ‘How do you change?’ He used a similar pattern to what he did to Dawn Varvil. Can you see how he twisted what she … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Lord Jesus help me through your Holy Spirit to look beyond my present circumstance to see the glory of the future in store for me. Satisfy my desires with your abiding love. Provide for my needs and a little more with which I can show your generosity. Thank you for loving me as I am. … Read more