05/20/16 Building the Altar First
READING: Ezra 1-3 If you were growing a church, where would you begin? Perhaps the book of Ezra, a book about the return of the…
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Read MoreIt seems to me that I could write these books for pastors today:
Read MoreREADING: 2 Chronicles 35-36 The book of 2 Chronicles ends with the fall of Jerusalem as the judgment of God fell on His people. They had…
Read MoreI’ve learned so much from church leaders since God called me to preach when I was 13 years old. Some men have taught me…
Read MoreREADING: 2 Chronicles 32-34 It’s another one of those cool verses about warfare in the Bible — a verse that speaks about God’s power and willingness to fight the…
Read MoreWhen I think about these stories from my pastoral ministry, I’m challenged to share the gospel even more so others can share in this joy . . .
Read MoreREADING: 2 Chronicles 28-31 Today’s reading begins with recurrent pictures of God’s judgment on His people when they turned their backs on Him. Ahaz was decidedly…
Read MoreIt happened again this week – I talked with another man who is losing the war with pornography. If you’re losing this battle, too, maybe this covenant (“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman”—Job 31:1) will help you.
Read MoreREADING: 2 Chronicles 25-27 Foolishness. Most of us exhibit that trait at one time or another. None of us wants to or plans to, but still…
Read MoreI haven’t talked to you in a long time, Randy. Actually, it’s been decades, but that’s not because I haven’t thought about you.
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