My family tells me I’m in a rut. When we take a vacation, I like to go to familiar places like Gatlinburg or Orlando. I don’t want to have to think when I’m on vacation, and going to new places or taking new roads causes me to think. When I have down time, I like mindless comedies, simple books, a nice chair to sit in or a mall to walk around so I can watch people. I don’t ask for much. Continue reading “Finding Purpose and Meaning in What We Do”
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Blessed to Be a Blessing
At Sherwood, I believe God has blessed us in immeasurable ways. He has poured out evidence of His grace and goodness in our midst in ways beyond our ability to fully comprehend. I’ve just received several emails sent to some of the men in our church who were used of God to lead a men’s conference in another part of Georgia this past weekend. These men give of themselves and their time to invest in other men, and God has used them and blessed their sacrificial spirit. Continue reading “Blessed to Be a Blessing”
Dead to Flattery and Flattening
When Paul wrote Galatians 2:20, he gave all who are called to minister a timeless truth: “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” In my Bible I have these words written by this verse: Am I dead to flattery and flattening? Dead men have no feelings. Continue reading “Dead to Flattery and Flattening”
The Evangelists Hall of Faith
The North American Mission Board (NAMB) recently dedicated the “Evangelists Hall of Faith” at their headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Scriptures tell us he that wins souls is wise. While evangelists have often gotten a bad rap (usually because of those white patent leather shoes and wild suits of the ‘70s), they are a gift to the body of Christ. Continue reading “The Evangelists Hall of Faith”
Are You Usable? (Part 2)
It seems we think God blesses just because people like it. We have confused popularity with power. We’ve confused the applause of men with the approval of heaven. We are being used, but by whom? How can we be used by God when we have nothing more than feel-good theology that demands nothing of us? Whatever happened to, “My life, my all I give to Christ who loves me so”? Continue reading “Are You Usable? (Part 2)”