Category: Growth

Thirty-Seven Days Learning Appreciation for Matthew 6.

I had been told many times, “live one day at a time,” by folks much wiser than myself. I had been able to associate this advice with our Savior’s words, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow…

If It Was Up To You, Would The Church Close Its Doors?

Every year hundreds of new businesses are started here in our community. The Chamber of Commerce gladly reports on these new ventures in an effort to demonstrate that our local economy is healthy and growing. What they don’t report quite…

Balancing a Mind to Work and a Will to Fight

“So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work…And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in…

The Psalmist’s Soul-Winning Formula

“Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.” – Psalms 51:12,13 (NKJV). The Psalmist may be saying that…

The “Market Driven” Approach and Cultural Influence

Many preachers are discouraged. We live in an age of thirty-second sound bites and thirty minute TV programs. Modern advertising techniques have glamorized everything from drinking beer to mopping floors to cleaning toilets. How does this contribute to the discouragement…