Dramatic Farewell Message to Elders at Ephesus — Acts 20:33-38 — Part 3

Posted by on Feb 12, 2012 in Christian | 0 comments PREFERENCE FOR SELF SUPPORT IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY [Caveat: In certain circumstances] This will be our final message on the book of Acts.  The remaining chapters detail Paul’s journey to Jerusalem, the various trials which cause him to defend himself, and then his final voyage to Rome after being shipwrecked on the island of Malta.  These stories are mainly historical narrative without a lot...
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Dramatic Farewell Message to Elders at Ephesus — Acts 20:28-32 — Part 2

Posted by on Feb 7, 2012 in Christian | 0 comments WATCHING OUT FOR WOLVES We covered three areas last week of the Apostolic Pattern for Pastoral Ministry: I.   (:17-21)  PASTORAL TRACK RECORD OF A CONSISTENT, HUMBLE, CARING, PERSEVERING, PROFITABLE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD II.  (:22-24)  PASTORAL COMMITMENT TO FINISH THE COURSE OF MINISTRY WHATEVER THE PERSONAL COST IN A MANNER HIGHLIGHTING THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF...
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Dramatic Farewell Message to Elders at Ephesus — Acts 20:17-38 — Part 1

Posted by on Feb 6, 2012 in Christian | 0 comments Bible conferences can be a special time for believers.  I remember the privilege of taking in one of the Shepherds Conferences hosted by Dr John MacArthur out in California – a wonderful lineup of distinguished speakers who had much to offer the assembled group of pastors.  Now imagine cranking that experience up to an unbelievably higher level and you have the type of unique pastors’...
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“Top Ten” — Reasons Hotels Provide Such Poor Lighting in Their Rooms

Posted by on Jan 26, 2012 in Pet Peeves, Top Ten Lists | 0 comments No matter the quality of the hotel, one thing you can count on is poor lighting in your room for the night.  I guess hotels figure that everybody must stagger back to their rooms in some type of drunken stupor where any type of normal lighting would  be too stark and abrasive.  It is annoying enough that you have to spend time figuring out where all the switches are and what they control. ...
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“God Has Never Made a Mistake” — Ray Lewis

Posted by on Jan 25, 2012 in Baltimore Ravens | 0 comments It mystifies me how people around the country view Ray Lewis as some type of thug or evil person.  I understand his serious incident with the law way back at the start of his career when he made the mistake of covering up for a friend who had stabbed someone to death rather than coming clean to the authorities immediately.  But he was not the perpetrator of that attack.  He was definitely...
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