Using All of Their Faith Just to Get There

When I began to explore my calling as a pastor, I latched onto the images of the Old Testament prophets. Who could have been a better role model for a young pastor than Elijah calling down fire from heaven or Elisha calling bears to attack the boys who taunted him? Red-faced, fist-swinging, veins bulging, Holy Ghost preaching was what the …

Preaching Hope to the City

Hope is found in the very circumstances that cause despair. Paul wrote about hope with these words in Romans 8:24 is this: “For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?” Paul’s exposition is that in hope we are saved. The Christian pulpit has long noted that men are not …

Will You Be a Shamgar?

Judges 3:31; 5:6 In the spring of 1979, I was a sales representative for the 3M Corporation.  I graduated in 1976 from Stephen F. Austin State University with a bachelors in business administration.  I went to work for 3M as a result of my choice. When I graduated from college my car was a wreck.  You see, 3M provided me …