Enjoying the Journey
Posts Tagged ‘growing’
Preacher, Are You Growing?
As preachers of God’s truth we must always be growing. Certainly we must continue to mature in our understanding of the truth itself, but we must also develop in our delivery of it. God’s Word is perfect – we are not. The message cannot be improved, but the messenger can! Young preachers are challenged to work on themselves. Too often, older preachers stop working. We grow complacent and comfortable. We accept our weaknesses and settle into our ruts. Sometimes with the increased frequency of speaking we develop bad habits. (Thank God for wives who remind us of this!) Simple things will help us all. Go through a book on preaching. Read a sermon regularly. Listen to effective preachers. As painful…
Read MoreThe Years Are Passing Too Quickly
I know, I know – I sound like an old man. Suddenly all of the things I heard the “old people” say years ago are making so much sense! Last week Morgan (our oldest) was going through some old pictures. Really old pictures. Back before iPods, iPhones, and digital photography. Back in the “old days” when we took rolls to Wal-Mart and had them developed. Back when pictures ended up in books and boxes, not in online folders. She found a picture of the first snow man that we built together. There we are in the back yard of our first house with a fine specimen of Frosty. Good memories. Today, like most of the southern states, we were blasted with…
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