Tagged with Marriage

Parenting: How to Plead to Jesus for Your Children

In our worship service yeserday at Calvary Baptist Church, we continued in our study of the Gospel of Mark. We were in Mark 7, which relates the story of the Syrophoenician woman. (Mark 7:24-30) The story relates that this woman had a demon-possessed child and sought after Christ to heal her daughter. What struck me … Continue reading »

Jesus said, Have Faith in God

Just four words. They jumped off the page and careened off the corners of my mind. Jesus said this in response to the disciples’ amazement of the cursed fig tree’s appearance. Yesterday it was healthy and luscious, today it was dead “from the roots up”. While Christ was using it as a teaching tool to … Continue reading »

Get a Life! Why Pastors Need a Day of Rest

Many of us know our job descriptions and what is expected of us at our place of employment. Few of us have that job description spelled out clearly for us in Scripture. Qualifications of a pastor-shepherd are clearly given in several texts in the Bible. I don’t know of any pastors who got into the … Continue reading »

Developing a Developing Post

Over at 9Marks’ website I came across an article written by Michael McKinley about Four Qualities of a Developer.  (one who would be developing leaders).  I’ve reproduced those qualities below: Humility –  It is easy for your ministry to become (at least in part) about you and your reputation.  If that happens, you won’t be … Continue reading »