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The Latest Preacher’s Pen Articles are BelowThe Sins You Do and the Sins You Skip
There are two ways to miss the mark: doing what God said not to do, and leaving undone what He told you to do. Here are four ways to avoid both.
Renewed Day by Day
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4.16) Walk past a flower bed in November and it looks finished. The stems are brown, the leaves have curled, and the blooms are long gone….
It’s All in How You Say It
People are fascinating, aren’t they? A lot of folks will dodge a conversation even when the topic isn’t hard at all. Shame is usually what’s fogging up the windshield. Sometimes a little reframing of the words you use is all it takes to turn an…
Nobody Carries Water Alone
Picture a church fellowship meal in the middle of a hard week. Somebody brought three casseroles because she figured somebody else would forget, a man who just lost his job is laughing at the dessert table, and the widow who almost stayed home is getting more hugs…
52 Things I Have Learned in 52 Years
Today I turned 52, and somewhere between the birthday cake and the reading glasses I need to read the candles, I got to thinking. Fifty-two years is a lot of living. I’ve preached for 30 of them, raised a family, made more mistakes than I can count, and learned…
Every Part Working
Some folks treat the church like a restaurant. You come in, you get served, and you leave a review on the drive home. The singing dragged on and on. The sermon ran too long. Nobody spoke to anyone in the foyer. Three stars. Paul had a different picture. Paul says…
The Measuring Stick
We love to measure ourselves against the folks around us. Somebody is always a little shorter than we are. Paul will not let us do that. The goal is “mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). The pencil mark…
The Power of Improving Yourself
The apostle Peter is known for two things (1) putting his foot in his mouth often and (2) delivering the sermon on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2. Those two events in Peter’s life are his most well-known, but also a testimony to his personal growth. Peter followed…
Weather vs. Relationship
Reading through Success Magazine a few years ago, I stumbled upon a study that answered a few questions, but caused more than it answered. The study mentioned one factor was considered more than others when someone would attend a funeral. This one factor would…
Are You a Lost Bottle?
Have you ever thrown a bottle into the sea? Have you ever wondered how long it would take to find a bottle thrown into the sea? On February 23, 2019, Jim Duke and his wife, Candy, were walking along the beach in Corpus Christi, Texas. During their walk, they…