So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” – Isaiah 1:18 ESV   The weather forecasters were all talking yesterday about the snow that was to come overnight. 2-4 inches of accumulation, they said. With that prediction, the excitement quickly mounted as the evening approached. People were making last-minute trips for groceries. Others were to

There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many? – John 6:9 ESV   Back in the early 1980s, I began pastoring my first congregation in a remote area of Indiana. The church previously had declined, then closed for a couple of years. Now the people were in search of a pastor to help them resume services. Their area minister said to me, “David, they don’t have much to offer, but go see what you can do.”  My problem was that I was an extr

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in...

In the last several weeks, our church family has been rocked with severe grief and unexpected, sudden death. When that kind of suffering...

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest...

And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is...

Thus says the Lord: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest...

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the...