Jesus teaches us to pray, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” The psalms teach us to pray, “O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us! Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against […]
My go-to advice on prayer is “pray as you can, not as you can’t”. I did not come up with this and I have never been able to discover who said it originally. If someone has found a form of prayer that “works” then I would never want to discourage them. God hears and receives […]
Click the link or photo below to listen to episode 002 of The Local Pastor Podcast! Andrew interviews Pastor Tim Brewer of The Ontario Church of the Nazarene and discusses the unique difficulties of state border towns and the value of preaching. Plus, when vacation ends in sickness – who preaches on Sunday? All this […]
I fear the words I do not know will soon expose the fraud I do, or that a sermon kills the work of all I’ve done, I hope, for you. They catch somewhere inside my throat — I dread the flames they may ignite; of love or hate, how can I know? Each word a […]
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