Monday, February 23, 2015

Help! What Should We Pay the Pastor? – Part Three, The Bi-vocational Pastor

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           I don’t think there is a single class of men in the world that have my respect more than bi-vocational pastors. Perhap...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Help! What Should We Pay the Pastor? - Part Two, My Story

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          We, each of us, have a story. This story combines the facets of our past into a crystalline structure that lends our now form...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Help! What Should We Pay the Pastor? – Part One, The Pastor's Mindset

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          One of my favorite explanatory phrases is the elephant in the living room. It conveys such a wonderful visual image and th...
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Friday, December 12, 2014

A Short Leave of Absence

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In the past year, between this blog, a book, and my normal preaching schedule, I have written over 435,000 words. I shall now take a bit of ...

Whom God Hath Raised Up

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Life of Christ 173            For 173 blog posts we have followed the earthly career of Jesus Christ. We have seen in His birth the...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Murder of the King

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Life of Christ 172            It is 9 AM on Wednesday. Tonight at sundown Passover begins. Pilate, hands still dripping wet from his at...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

And Pilate Gave Sentence

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Life of Christ 171           It is Wednesday morning. Caiaphas and his bunch have finished their illegal trials. They have convicted Je...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Tried by the Sanhedrin

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Life of Christ 169            It is well after midnight. Jesus has poured out His soul to His Father in Gethsamane and received the str...
Monday, December 8, 2014

The Great Lesson of Gethsamane

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Life of Christ 168           It is after midnight on Wednesday morning. These are the last few moments of freedom Jesus has prior to Hi...