I stumbled across this little piece on my hard-drive today looking for something else. It interested me. Maybe it will interest you, too. About a year ago I preached in the church where my little brother is the pastor. Here is how I introduced the message:
Pierpont Family
This fall we enjoyed a Lord’s Day afternoon together taking pictures at a covered bridge near Lowell, Michigan. The young lady in front of Kyle is his sweet, new wife, Elizabeth. We all love her so much.
New Year Idea
I have a pastor friend who is hurting. After years of pastoring the same church he was betrayed by a near associate and the church he spent his entire ministry building split leaving him devastated. Within a few months he had a major physical set-back. I spoke with him on Christmas Eve. He is a […]
Brad’s Christmas Prayer
I have a tradition. I write a Christmas story for my family almost every year. I read it on Christmas Eve or on Christmas night. Tonight (Christmas 2005) after everything else was over we all sat down and I read the story for this year. After the story we had pumpkin pie. It was a […]
Giving: A Rare and Wonderful Gift
There is such joy in giving. I had just a taste of it when I was young. When I was about fourteen years old I made fifteen dollars a week delivering the Dayton Journal Herald Monday through Saturday morning. In my neighborhood was a small store with bikes and toys and hardware called Western Auto. […]
Good Things?
When I got out of bed this morning I sensed the Lord put a question in my heart. “Is your heart a treasure of good things?” Jesus said; “How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure […]