2024 Chronister faced backlash from some in the Republican Party over his decision to arrest the pastor of a megachurch, Ronald Howard-Browne, who continued to hold services during the COVID-19 pandemic, violating lockdown restrictions, in 2020. Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024 See ...
pastor(n.) late 14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), "shepherd, one who has care of a flock or herd" (a sense now obsolete), also figurative, "spiritual guide, shepherd of souls, a Christian minister or clergyman," from Old Frenchpastor,pastur"herdsman, shepherd" (12c.) and directly fro...
While a condemned criminal might be able to drink wine prior to being crucified, drinking from a cup while hanging on the cross wasn't practical. So when Jesus indicated his thirst, the soldiers used a sponge to give him posca to slake his thirst. ...
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The church, and pastors, can take a lesson from a car company. Plan for change and bring change with a deliberate and definite plan. Let people know what is coming and why. Let them take ownership of the change by understanding the benefits before anything is implemented. Then bring the ...
If I may borrow from Charles Dickens’s famous opening line, Christmas can be “the best of times, and the worst of times.” As pastors, we have them both, don’t we? photo credit: Jim Makos Toy Train under the Christmas Tree via photopin (license) Who hasn’t cringed in September...
Letter from the Pastor Announcements: WEDNESDAY STUDIES FOR WINTER 2013 SESSION III JANUARY 9TH-MAY 15TH Our faithful Sunday School Teachers have exciting, age-appropriate, Biblical lessons or children age 3 years through12th grade. A map with Sunday School lo... • The Mind of Christ,LBE ...
1) The unsmart pastor skips the hard work of sermon preparation. He is lazy. The smart pastor knows this is his most important work and is always thinking about the next sermons, even to the point of rising from the bed and looking up something that occurred to him. ...
Author, RED HOT novel series, Pastor, Blogger Reading the Wise and Passed-On Posted January 12, 2025 by wordsfromww Categories:Uncategorized Tags:Bible,Bonhoeffer,campolo,Christianity,death,Eugene Peterson,God,Jesus,tim-keller “The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: for gaining ...