Category: Mentoring
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A Thought Worth Pondering
This was taken from a twelfth-century writing entitled, “Towards the Conversion of England” In it was written, “The church of Jesus Christ does not progress beyond the spiritual progress of its leaders.” Every leader in the church should reflect on this thought. Selah.
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The Indignation of Late Deliveries
This Christmas there was public indignation expressed by many if the news media because some Christmas presents had not been delivered on time, as promised. What struck me about this situation was how indignant people were because they suffered the inconvenience of not getting their gifts on time. Yes, promises were made by the delivery…
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A New Year’s Thought
I found this thought in one of my journals. It comes from a sermon Pastor David Briggs preached on June 28, 2006. I think it’s great advice for the new year:
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Praise the Lord for His Faithfulness
We started the website in 2009 and have provided about 130,000 page views from our resources to people in 170 countries. We are grateful to the Lord that we could make this material available free of charge for training God’s people. If you have used it to train others, we would love to hear from…
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I Saw Santa in an Elevator.
I was walking in the mall a couple weeks before Christmas. I happened to look through the glass elevator at man dressed as Santa Claus. He was riding down from the second level to the first. He was on his way to meet with children about what they would like for Christmas. There’s nothing unusual…
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From the Hall of Shame to the Hall of Fame
Do you remember Rahab the harlot? In Joshua, Chapters 2 and 6 we read about her. She lived in the city of Jericho, which was about to be attacked by the Israelites. She took a step of faith, and
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A Thought Worthy of Consideration
Here’s a thought: When you locate the validity of the strategy, you will no longer be captive to the problem. Allow me to explain. One of the first questions we instinctively ask is “Why?”
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Making a Bad Thing of a Good Thing
I love listening to Pastor Alistair Begg. I recently bought one of his books, titled, “On Being a Pastor.” As I was reading it, I came across something that struck me as profound.
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Clowns Feeding Goats
I have always enjoyed from reading the works of Charles Spurgeon. He wrote this in 1879: “A time will come, instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns feeding the goats.” It’s easy to
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A Well-Beaten Path
I was driving home one morning and stopped at a traffic signal. This particular intersection is one I have driven through and stopped at for years. A strip of grass about six feet wide divides the opposing traffic lanes. There is always someone standing there with a sign of some sort, begging for money.
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