But the Servants Knew

But the Servants Knew

John 2:11 makes it clear that Jesus transformed water into wine to reveal His glory. His power to perform miracles is not surprising. It is a little surprising that He did this without any fanfare. There was no, Hey, ya’ll, watch this! Two things happened. He...
Evangelism: By All Means We Win Some

Evangelism: By All Means We Win Some

Evangelism Challenge Think evangelism is hard or intimidating? We teach mission volunteers the why’s and how’s of evangelism. People need to be reminded often that winning a soul is only the beginning of evangelism. Why? Evangelism, in terms set by Jesus...
Too Few Good Men – Part IV

Too Few Good Men – Part IV

Love The Lord So, good men are the few who have learned to lean, learned to lead, and they will also love the Lord. Now, we see that in I Corinthians 13:1-3 – Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a...
Too Few Good Men – Part IV

Too Few Good Men – Part III

Good Men Learn To Lead Another mark of those good men so needed by the world and Kingdom is that they have learned to lead. Is that an out front, take charge kind of thing? Well, it might be. But let me give you a few other thoughts. The Word says they’ve...
Too Few Good Men – Part IV

Too Few Good Men – Part II

Lean On The Lord Before we address the need to lean on the Lord, I’d like to help you girls out. We’re honoring fathers, but I need to help you ladies with a little insight. If you’ve been married for any length of time, you’ve probably figured...
Too Few Good Men – A Father’s Day Message

Too Few Good Men – A Father’s Day Message

Good men lean, lead and love. In fact, the Word tells us to know the love of God which is unknowable. It has no height, no depth, no breadth, or other limit. But Ephesians 3 tells us to know that love. So our walk with the Father is an endless, eternal journey into...
Walk in Love; How?

Walk in Love; How?

I Like Simple  The more writing I do the more likely it is I will be remembered for two things: I Like Simple Sonic Drive-in One’s preferences and habits have a way of showing up in blogs, lessons, and sermons! There is a very simple command given to us in...
Bucket Brigade: Seeing More

Bucket Brigade: Seeing More

Life Lessons: Bucket Brigade – an Object Lesson I am a visual learner. As a teacher, speaker, and preacher I will almost always use an object lesson if possible. That’s not original, but it does imitate the very best Teacher. Jesus often employed object...
Faith: Does It Look Like This?

Faith: Does It Look Like This?

Why is faith difficult? Why are there so many life lessons concerning faith? To go further, let me challenge you to do an image search. Type the word faith in your internet search box then click images. What do you get? You may see the image below. Is this image,...
Connections: Love and Leadership

Connections: Love and Leadership

Connections: I love pointing them out in places where they don’t seem very obvious. My teaching style runs along that line and I have always referred to it as connecting the dots. I recently helped a group see some of those connections between love and...