Ministerial Secretary for China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia. Husband, father of bright millennials. Speaker, author, teacher, evangelist. Loved by Jesus.
I’m in the midst of a four-part sermon series on the Incarnation at https://t.co/e8pxgiOt4T this month. The toughest and most humbling subject in years. God as Man. Whew! Very deep. I remember 15 yrs. ago writing a sermon on the great kenosis (Phil 2:7) but not able to deliver it
Minutes away from preaching my first sermon at the East Ridge SDA Church (look it up) as their new pastor. It’s been 28 years since my last pastorate 😟, but I’m just as certain today of God’s love and power as I did then. To Him be the glory!
This morning, we accepted a call by the Georgia-Cumberland Conference to pastor the East Ridge Church. Thank you to all who prayed for us. May the Lord Jesus use us for His glory and the salvation of many in this place.
To all men/women of good will: please pray for Central CA Conf who, early this week, will aim to choose a new president. That and a number of other conferences need the explicit guidance of the Holy Spirit to choose new leaders. May the Lord be in control.
“The formation of a noble character is the work of a lifetime and must be the result of diligent and persevering effort. God gives opportunities; success depends upon the use made of them.” PP 223, in that great chapter about Joseph in Egypt.
The inmost glory of the gospel,…is not a great truth, nor a great message, nor a great movement, but a great Person. It is Jesus Christ Himself…. He came to a lost world, a sick world, a doomed world. And He set forth a remedy. That remedy was Himself. Haynes to 1926 GC Session
Patriarchs and Prophets, ch 15, The Marriage of Isaac, should be mandatory reading from anyone starting at 17 who’d like one day to be married. A lot of wisdom in that chapter.
“Our lives consist of how we spend our time.” Bruce Ashton, while praying at the Collegedale Church worship this morning. What a profound truth the earlier in life we learn the better off we will be. Happy Sabbath to all.
After five blessed years of service in Asia, and 25 hrs. of travel, yesterday, I came home to the US. So much life left in Korea, Japan, China, Mongolia and Taiwan. So many memories made. So many people who added value to our lives. Lisa and I are very very thankful to Jesus.
Re Solomon’s inglorious descent from faithfulness to utter idolatry. EGW: “It is not the empty cup that we have difficulty in carrying; it is the cup full to the brim that must be carefully balanced...Prosperity...is most dangerous to spiritual life” (PK 60). God over His gifts.
In the story of the healing of the man with the withered hand, we’re told Jesus looked “around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart” for him (Mark 3:5). The Savior’s anger was at their indifference. The only anger without sin is the anger against sin.
Yesterday, we made official our decision to return to the US, in June. Lisa’s mother is not doing well, and our ministry contribution has been limited, of late. We’ll miss Asia. Help us pray the Lord will find us a place of service back home. We desire to be useful for His honor.