“Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.” (Romans 8:12 NLT) The old sinful nature is a slave driver, a drill sergeant. It demands obedience. It uses the desires and longings of the body and soul to...
“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. (John 10:10b NASB) Jesus intends that the life experience of those who follow Him should be rich and rewarding, exciting, and full of joy, meaning, and purpose . . . in a word, abundant. Jesus revealed the...
“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.” (John 14:16 HCSB) There have been many times in the middle of a counseling session I’ve thought, “Boy, this person really needs a counselor!” This is when I take comfort in the...
"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the down; and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth." Hosea 6:3 NASB The passage encourages us to "press on to know the Lord." Paul wrote,...
This post was originally featured on www.cityonahillstudio.com. Pastor Resources is reposting it here in hopes that it will be useful to our pastors. In the movie, The Father of the Bride, Steve Martin tells his daughter, Annie, she should put her jacket on because...
by Jerry Jenkins You well know the frustration. It comes time to write, and you can’t produce a single word. Maybe you’ve tried for weeks, months, or even years. But still nothing comes. You’re suffering the dreaded Writer’s Block while your writing dream, your story,...
Author & Pastor Colin S. Smith Presents Narrative of the Ultimate Betrayal In New Book, Heaven, So Near – So Far: The Story of Judas Iscariot CHICAGO, Ill., March 1, 2018— “I came as close to heaven as a person can be, without getting in.” So begins the compelling...
Men, It’s Time to Leave A Life-Giving Legacy. “Get rid of your junk or move!” Those unsettling words were spoken years ago when a village near Chicago took action against one of its families. The family had a business at their home—collecting, storing and selling...
[This post is continued from Darlene Franklin's post BUT GOD: Retrospective on my Daughter’s Suicide - Part 1. Here she enumerates the ways in which God remained faithful and provided in her grief over her daughter Jolene's suicide.] BUT GOD: Retrospective on my...
BUT GOD: Retrospective on my Daughter’s Suicide By Darlene Franklin My daughter, Jolene, committed suicide ten years ago this March. My world still stops for a few seconds when I say those words. I still feel the enormity of the loss, the emptiness left in her wake....
“Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.” (Romans 8:12 NLT) The old sinful nature is a slave driver, a drill sergeant. It demands obedience. It uses the desires and longings of the body and soul to...
“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. (John 10:10b NASB) Jesus intends that the life experience of those who follow Him should be rich and rewarding, exciting, and full of joy, meaning, and purpose . . . in a word, abundant. Jesus revealed the...
“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.” (John 14:16 HCSB) There have been many times in the middle of a counseling session I’ve thought, “Boy, this person really needs a counselor!” This is when I take comfort in the...
"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the down; and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth." Hosea 6:3 NASB The passage encourages us to "press on to know the Lord." Paul wrote,...
This post was originally featured on www.cityonahillstudio.com. Pastor Resources is reposting it here in hopes that it will be useful to our pastors. In the movie, The Father of the Bride, Steve Martin tells his daughter, Annie, she should put her jacket on because...
by Jerry Jenkins You well know the frustration. It comes time to write, and you can’t produce a single word. Maybe you’ve tried for weeks, months, or even years. But still nothing comes. You’re suffering the dreaded Writer’s Block while your writing dream, your story,...
Author & Pastor Colin S. Smith Presents Narrative of the Ultimate Betrayal In New Book, Heaven, So Near – So Far: The Story of Judas Iscariot CHICAGO, Ill., March 1, 2018— “I came as close to heaven as a person can be, without getting in.” So begins the compelling...
Men, It’s Time to Leave A Life-Giving Legacy. “Get rid of your junk or move!” Those unsettling words were spoken years ago when a village near Chicago took action against one of its families. The family had a business at their home—collecting, storing and selling...
[This post is continued from Darlene Franklin's post BUT GOD: Retrospective on my Daughter’s Suicide - Part 1. Here she enumerates the ways in which God remained faithful and provided in her grief over her daughter Jolene's suicide.] BUT GOD: Retrospective on my...
BUT GOD: Retrospective on my Daughter’s Suicide By Darlene Franklin My daughter, Jolene, committed suicide ten years ago this March. My world still stops for a few seconds when I say those words. I still feel the enormity of the loss, the emptiness left in her wake....
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