Some time Sunday something very, very sad happened out on Bittersweet Farm. The Barred Owl that lived in the woods south of the farm was killed on the road. Standing over the sad site by heart ached. This fall I have been trying to encourage the people of Bethel with a series of sermons I […]
When Money Stuff is Hard
Series: Life is Hard Sermon: When Money Stuff is Hard (1 Tim. 6:6-19) Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan Ken Pierpont, Lead Pastor
In the Face of Great Evil
Most of us have big colorful television sets in prominent places in our homes and advanced computers in our pockets. It’s a mixed blessing at times like this. We have all watched in horror the evil acts against people in Israel last week. What the Bible says in true. Humans are capable of demonic evil. It’s […]
Theology by TikTok
This morning I received a message from one of our sons. He was up early and preparing for work. He works in oil in west Texas but up until recently he was a police officer. A few years ago he was called to a home where an unspeakable tragedy occured. It was a horrifyingly sad […]
What I Talked About Sunday
Yesterday I preached at Bethel Church. In the afternoon I drove over to visit my parents. In the evening I told stories at Northeastern Baptist in Kalamazoo driving back through the night listening to a scary podcast. I arrived home and was greeting by fresh cookies so it was a good day. Just before midnight […]
Writing for the Local Paper
In the late 90’s we lived in the village of Fremont, Michigan in the parsonage of the First Baptist Church at 515 East Pine Street. Our youngest, Hope America, was born in Fremont. It was the last place where all ten of us lived together under the same roof. Fremont is a small town about […]