Golf and Prayer

 
A young man and a priest are playing golf together. At a short par 3 the priest asks, “What are you going to use on this hole, my son?”
The young man says, “An 8-iron, father. How about you?”
The priest says, “I’m going to hit a soft seven and pray.”
The young man hits his 8-iron [...]

Prayer Meeting as the main service of the church!

Its Wednesday and for most Seventh Day Adventist churches its prayer meeting this evening. Many churches experience low attendance. One church, Miracle Temple, has high attendance. Hear Pastor Freddie Russell talk about what is the most important service in his church.
See the top of the video pod. Its called powerful presence.

Whats going on?

Just posted a video on the video pod. I’m just talking about our church, preaching, and a bit of what I’m doing today. You notice the video is a bit “impressionistic”. I hope its not irritating. Tell me what you think.

Memorial Day

Last night we watched a very moving account of how the war in Iraq has affected the soldiers and their families. Fathers, sons and brothers is a documentary by Sixty Minutes that has chronicled the deployment of a National Guard unit in Iraq for two years. If you want to see the gritty reality [...]

Whatever you think of the war in Iraq, this is moving!

Marine Corporal Jason Dunham is the first soldier in the Iraq War to receive, posthumously, the Medal of Honor. In fact, he is the first to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam war. He died 8 days after being critically wounded during an encounter with Iraqi insurgents. Here’s the story;
His patrol [...]

Pastor Henry Wright Video

I’ve just posted a video about the ministry of Pastor Henry Wright. He’s a Pastor’s Pastor. It’s worth watching. Its at the top of the third column in the video pod.
SORRY EVERYONE THE HENRY WRIGHT VIDEO IS DOWN

A Magnificent Seven

Magnificent: impressive to the mind or spirit
This morning I was blessed to be able to baptize 7 young ladies during the John Nevin Andrews school Baccalaureate service. Its a tradition that the 8th grade class has a baptism during the service. I have been studying with a group of about 11 students. Seven girls decided [...]

Difficult Decisions

I realized a couple of days ago that the problem with difficult decisions is not so much the decision itself (Its very often clear what is the right thing to do.) The difficulty comes when we consider consequences of the decision. The effect that your decision will have, presents the difficulty.

God’s Top Ten

I’ve started a new series called God’s Top Ten in my church. Its about the Ten Commandments. There’s a temptation in our grace orientated culture that we forget what the Bible actually says about the law of God. The Bible tells us that the “law of the Lord is perfect” Psalms 19:7. The law of [...]

The Greater Danger!

This is an article written for our church newsletter this week….
The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Michelangelo
James put it bluntly when he says “yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”(James 4:2). Jesus [...]