Psalm 55:12-14 “For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him. But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked […]
Category: Leadership
PREACHING – THE UNIFIER
We hear so much about preaching being divisive — I for one still hold to the belief that preaching is a true unifier — uniting men of like precious faith! In our day the landscape has become cluttered and prolific with various ensigns and banners representing divers causes and movements. Many of these flapping and […]
Lives Changed Not Land Captured – Success Measured by Wrong Data
Vietnam was a war like no other war that American forces had ever been engaged in previously. Unlike World War I or World War II where geographical gains (or loses) were determinate of winning (or losing) battles, Vietnam, in contrast, was a war where geographic control had little to do with the overall outcome of […]
Is this a Heaven or Hell Issue?
The following is for whoever may be troubled about all those mean old preachers who preach standards that aren’t named in black and white in the New Testament. We hear a lot of people these days asking if a certain thing is a “heaven or hell issue.” I think the very term smacks of bad […]
Observations from an Old Preacher
After 40 odd years (well not all of them were odd) of ministry I have learned (or learning still): I. Reading the Bible and reading the Bible can be two very different things. Since the Bible is unlike any other book in human existence it therefore cannot be read like any other book. However, it […]
The Pastor's Dilemma – Weighing Between Grace & No Grace
I recall, from my youth, using a platform trip scale, similar to modern weight scales found in doctor’s offices, where you slide a weight along a rail until the trip lever raises in between its two limits of upper and lower metal bars showing that the correct weight measurement has been reached and then by […]
The Vortex of Voices
Elder J.L. Groce 5/04/12 “There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.” 1 Cor. 14:10 Picture, if you will, the placid face of a pool of water and observe the splash of a tossed small pebble and its resulting concentric radiating rings that […]
The Preacher & What Determines His Ministry
In reality every preacher has several facets that ultimately determines the make up of his ministry….several of these determiners are: I. HIS THOUGHTS To me the thinking process of man is an extremely complex subject. “Thoughts” are seldom without history—in other words, they are built from the collected data of one’s experiences, emotions, and general […]
The Cuckoo Syndrome
There is a bird, the cuckoo, who is a common in England and many other parts of the world. The first sign of spring is that bird’s call. The cuckoo never builds her own nest. When she feels an egg event coming on, she finds another nest with eggs and no parent bird. The cuckoo […]
Ben, Look Again…. Could it be…. A Setting Sun?
I am made to wonder, after reading several books on the founding fathers and their original feelings and thoughts concerning the Constitution, if those men would be both amazed and indignant about how their child has been transformed into some kind of weird and grotesque creature bearing little resemblance to the innocent and bright-eyed babe […]