How would you rate a pastor? According to one study, “of eleven common activities that pastors undertake, a majority of Protestant senior pastors rated themselves as doing an ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ job in ten of [these] eleven areas.” Do you agree?
How would you rate a pastor? According to one study, “of eleven common activities that pastors undertake, a majority of Protestant senior pastors rated themselves as doing an ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ job in ten of [these] eleven areas.” Do you agree?
In the late ’90’s as an elder at a Bible Church, I gave a message on the holy days of our Father listed in Leviticus 22. I summarized the group of holidays by saying something along the lines of knowing … read more
Back in the early ’80’s, I was buying a lot of books on subjects such as Systematic Theology, church history, hermeneutics (translating the bible), and biblical counseling. To round out my studies on counseling I purchased such books as Christian … read more
Malachi 3:16–18 ESV. Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. “They … read more
Psalm 26:4–5 ESV. I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked. A hypocrite is one who says one thing but … read more
Matthew 24:45–46 ESV. “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when … read more
Jeremiah 23:33–36 ESV. “When one of this people, or a prophet or a priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden, and I will cast you off, declares the … read more
As Adam and Eve were relocating anywhere but the Garden of Eden, in Genesis chapter 3 God delivers the curse He had warned Adam would result from breaking the dietary command about the wrong fruit. Genesis 3:17–19 ESV. And to … read more
The children of Abraham and Jacob, he who was renamed Israel by God and which name is also applied to their descendants, are mentioned thousands of times in Scripture, not always in a complimentary way. As a group or nation, … read more
The word “covenant” is mentioned in the ESV Bible about 325 times. Sometimes it refers to the rainbow after the flood (Genesis 9:13), sometimes to the Abraham covenant in Genesis 15 and the confirmation of the covenant by circumcision in … read more
A phrase that is thrown around quite a bit in the last few years is “cultural appropriation.” It means to take something such as a tradition or food or a style of dress from a different culture other than your … read more