Last Christmas Eve I was sitting in our cozy home when I felt a tug to go to a downtown church for the Christmas Eve service. I got my topcoat and keys and headed out. Kyle and Hannah went along. It was perfect. Snow was falling in the city. The service was everything you could […]
Christmas Courage: How to Overcome Fear
Date: December 16, 2012AM Title: Christmas Courage: How to Overcome Fear Speaker: Ken Pierpont Text: Matthew 1; Luke 1-2 Place: Evangel Baptist Church, Taylor, Michigan
Christmas Joy: How to Overcome Sadness
Date: December 9, 2012 AM Title: Christmas Joy: How to Overcome Sadness Speaker: Ken Pierpont Scripture: Luke 2:10-11
Christmas Peace: How to Overcome Worry
Date: December 2, 2012 AM Title: Christmas Peace – How to Displace Worry Speaker: Ken Pierpont Text: Luke 2:14 Place: Evangel Baptist Church, Taylor, MI 48193
Crisis Next Door (Christmas)
Chuk came back from the bank next door yesterday and reported that one of the tellers is not in the Christmas spirit this year. “That’s sad,” I said. “We can’t have that.” I wondered what it was that robbed her of the childlike enthusiasm for this wonderful time of the year. Whatever it is it […]
Highland Park
Ted loved his new company car with leather upholstery a high-end music package and the special Bose speaker system, but he hated the idea of spending another day driving in it hours north into the West Michigan sales district. The Western Michigan rep was down with appendicitis. A key account had to have attention and […]
Live Nativity
https://kenpierpont.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2015-12-13-Live-Nativity-Story-Podcast-39.mp3 Christmastime is a challenge for Pastors. I always try to think of new ways to package the old Christmas traditions and the eternal gospel so the truth of it will ring clear and fresh in the hearts of people all year long. Years ago I sold the young people of the church on doing […]
A Warm Story for A Cold City – A Christmas Story
I was done for the year and I aimed my old Jeep toward home. I loved this stretch of road. I always felt fortunate to live in the country where the hills were flocked with snow in the winter. Soon I had put town behind me and drove east out of Millwood to where the […]
Childlike Christmas Enthusiasm
This photo is our our Grandbuddies and their mother Elizabeth. This is a classic re-post from 2003 About fifteen years ago when the Christmas season was approaching weather reports predicted a heavy snow on Thanksgiving eve. At the time I was the pastor of a village church in Ohio. On Thanksgiving Eve we joined with […]
Perfect Timing (Christmas)
It’s a cold December evening in the western suburbs of Chicago. The Year of our Lord 2006. We’re gathered in the family room enjoying the warmth, light, and fragrance of the fire. Our Christmas tree glows in the corner. I’ve read some Christmas stories to the family. Now we’re listening to carols on Moody Radio. […]