Telling other people about what Jesus has done in your life should not be difficult or complex. Someone said witnessing is just one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread. While hiking North Manitou Island last July I was talking with a friend about witnessing. He told an interesting story as we walked. When […]
My Green Desk
I said good bye to an old friend the other day. We have been together for over twenty-two years. He was my old green Steelcase Executive desk. It was a huge boat of a thing. Strong enough to survive a nuclear blast. The desk moved with me from Xenia, Ohio to Celina, Ohio to Niles, […]
Farewell to Fremont, My Mayberry
This Sunday at eleven o’clock I will step into the First Baptist pulpit as Senior Pastor for the last time. Our family has promised to sing once more and I will preach my farewell message. I have preached about six hundred messages from the First Baptist pulpit. I hope I did some good. I like […]
God Substitutes
Some of the Psalms are Psalms of Assent. They are songs for the road when you are on a holy pilgrimage. It is especially helpful to think of Psalm 133 that way. At least twice a year the fathers and sons would make their way from wherever they lived to the temple in Jerusalem. (Deuteronomy […]
The Latest News
We are working hard preparing for the conclusion of our ministry here in Fremont and the beginning of our new family ministry. We will keep you posted on what is happening here on the web site. Two days a week we are working at the Character Inn and the rest of the week we are […]
News from the Pierpont Family
The season of ripe corn and goldenrod is slipping away and the days are getting shorter. The apple harvest is being gathered in.