Thoughts from First Time Guests

The following thoughts are based upon follow-up conversations with real, first-time guests (using fictitious names): ~ Dave & Rachel: married, early 30′s with newborn I know the bathroom was clearly marked but when I walked in there were so many walking around knowing where they were going. Some smiled at me, other stopped to ask [...]

The Kauffmans In Peru

I am very excited when folks at our church venture out to be used of God in a mission setting.  Right now Jack and Ann Kauffman are in Peru for ten days teaching block classes at The Baptist Seminary of Peru. The Seminary reaches out to local pastors and their wives who come 2-3 times [...]

He Shall Wipe Away All Tears

Special thanks to Jack Kauffman for this guest post. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes…Revelation 21:4 Are you one who weeps easily?  Who sheds a tear at the least provocation?  Our granddaughter, Alana, just two months old is a “screamer”.  She wrinkles her little face into a contortion and then bellows [...]

How to Have a Good Revival Meeting

Thanks to evangelist Ron DeGarde, preacher for Revival 2009, for this guest post. Most of the time, when we think about revival meetings, the first question that comes to our mind is, “Who is the evangelist?” Revival meetings are not about the evangelist. In fact, the church members are just as important as the evangelist, [...]

I Shall Not Be Moved

Thanks to Jack Kauffman, a deacon at Bethel Baptist Church, for this guest post. The Easter season is a time when Christians tend to look inward. I’ve been doing a lot of that lately, and more often than not, I don’t especially like what I see. Two premises come to mind as I do this: [...]