There was a time I could put everything I owned in a VW Beetle and still have room for a passenger. That was a few years in many thousands of blessings ago. The spring of our first year of marriage Lois and I started back to college—everything we owned fit in a small U-Haul trailer […]
When Suffering is A Good Time (1 Peter 4:1-6) Audio
Series: Finishing Faithful (1 Peter) When Suffering is A Good Time (1 Peter 4:1-6) Ken Pierpont-Lead Pastor Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan November 21, 2021 AM
Bittersweet Farm Journal | November 14, 2021 | Are You Ready?
We moved from Central Ohio to Northern Michigan late in November of 1996. It seemed so far north to us at the time. It felt like we were driving to Siberia… One thing I noticed right away was how seriously Michiganders up there took their winter apparel. People in Northern Michigan didn’t just wear a […]
Will We Be Faithful When We Are Called to Suffer?
Once there was a small boy named Tommy who was always tagging around with the older boys on the farm trying to do what they did. He was usually a step behind. Most of the farm chores and antics were things he was not really big enough to participate in, but he was plucky and […]
6. In His Footsteps When You Suffer (1 Peter 2:13-25) Audio
Series: Finishing Faithful (1 Peter) 6. In His Footsteps When You Are Called to Suffer (1 Peter 2:13-25) Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan Ken Pierpont, Lead Pastor October 31, 2021 AM
Bittersweet Farm Journal | October 14, 2021 | A Quiet Place
“…aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,” (1 Thessalonians 4:11, ESV) “Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.” (2 Thessalonians 3:12, ESV) When I was a […]