It’s an ethical question with which pastors across the country are wrestling. The goal of a sermon is to tell a story that can break open the hearts of people to a holy message. The question is whether it matters where that comes from.
“The Bible is more than history, but it certainly is not less.”
While this story isn’t all wrong, the assertion that pastors are leaving the pulpit in droves because of ministry burnout is a myth. The research tells a different story.
The U.S. military chaplaincy marked 250 years on Tuesday (July 29), as the national military marked its own 250th anniversary in June.
In honest vulnerability and humble surrender, Jesus prayed to the Father about His own needs — what He needed at that particular time to glorify God and complete His painful and difficult mission.
After John the Baptist baptized Jesus (Matt. 3:16–17; Luke 3:21–22), the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the Judean wilderness to fast and pray before He embarked on His public ministry.
Lee Wilder said he and his wife, Dana, got to be a part of something recently that was “a big blessing” — he was able to baptize two Coosa County inmates in Hatchet Creek.
“Can you send us anybody?” That was the question Robert Reed’s father-in-law, Steve Townson, asked him a few months ago — and set something new in motion.
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