Film is most amazing. It can take you backwards in time or thrust you forward into the future. As long as we have filmmakers, our lives won’t be limited to the present.

The church also has this amazing ability to transcend time. Recently, I took a man back in time to meet Jesus. It was no trouble at all. The two of us, through prayer, bowed together before Christ on the cross. I chose that place in time, over 2000 years ago, because this fellow needed his sins forgiven. Well, he named what he had done and prayed, “Jesus, please let the blood you’re sharing wash me clean.”

And by his testimony, not just mine, that’s exactly what happened. Most amazing, heh? Christ’s great act of love was suddenly once again right here and now.

 

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I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit.

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When I spoke at the baccalaureate service at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York, I was also invited to a meal at the home of the college president. The food was delicious, and a dignified man in kind of a butler’s coat served a dozen or so of us around the table. This man was very polished in what he did.

Before dessert, the college president introduced our waiter, who was an employee at Eastman Kodak in Rochester. In fact, some of the beautiful table-settings were his. And, every year for over two decades, he played the role as servant to servants of the Lord at this given meal. How marvelous, heh?

I witnessed a powerful silent sermon on servanthood by a churchman that day. I don’t think I’ll forget it for a long time.

 

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I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit.

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You will find a variety of other helpful resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.

 

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“Just say, ‘No!’” That’s what kids are told to say to drugs. But it’s not always that easy to do… to just say, “No!”

I’m a recovering workaholic. It’s hard for me to say “no” to ministry opportunities, but I’m learning. In fact, I did it just recently. I said “No!” to a friend who asked me to be on his ministry board. Truthfully, though, I almost said an enthusiastic, “Yes!”

Some of us have trouble learning that we have limits. Just because someone asks us to do something doesn’t mean we automatically should.

Lots of people in the church are this way. Sometimes they’re the best workers, too. Maybe I’m describing you.

When I told my wife I turned down the offer, she said, “Good for you! You’re learning.” But, I must admit that it’s still hard for me to just say, “No!”

 

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I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit.

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You will find a variety of other helpful resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.

 

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It was an unusual thing to say in a sermon that “I have a 10-speed bike I bought on impulse, and if you want it, it’s yours.” This same minister, not me, continued, “And I have a humidifier I never use. It’s as good as new. And a set of tires we salvaged from the accident that don’t fit our car.” His sermon was about combining resources.

As individuals, most people have more than we need; so this pastor was sharing what he could give away. Would you believe, after a while there was so much sharing going on, it led to a church resource list being published, like “I have a truck I don’t use all the time and would be happy to move stuff for people who need help.”

Combining resources—it’s a simple idea, but I say it packs a great wallop.

 

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I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit.

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You will find a variety of other helpful resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.

 

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