11:00 AMKen Pierpont; Luke 19:41-44

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I must be doing something right. Last week I finished my six-week series on Romans. This is a first. A church-member stopped by my study with a cake as a thank you!

Dale Carnige said; “Give people a good reputation to live up to.” He was right. This is close to the the heart of ministry to people. We know that people are far from God and unable to help themselves, but we have to learn to see, with the eyes of faith, the potential of Christ in them.
Great pastors know this. They say Pastor Howard Sugden was such as man. Doris Seger was his secretary for over fifty years. She said of him; “Pastor Sugden is really a patient and scholarly …

Most people feel they can earn their way into God’s favor. Many are seeking ultimate fulfillment in this life. Both of these things were true about Christopher Parkening. Read his powerful story here.

I believe and I must believe in Godward nudges. Let me give you three examples of what I mean:
Tony told me that there was once a pastor who asked him the question; “If you were to die tonight and stand before God, and He were to ask you, “Why would I let you in my heaven, what would you say?” Tony acted as if the question had no effect on him and left the pastor’s house but years later, soul-searching in the middle of the night, he remembered the question, …

06:00 PMKen Pierpont; 2 Corinthians 5:15

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