From my desk, I can look out my window and see the county courthouse clock tower. Many county offices are inside the courthouse, but the entire second floor is the court area. Sometimes people plead guilty; sometimes they plead not guilty. Trials, plea deals, and civil and criminal cases are handled inside those walls. I’ve … Continue reading The Final Judgment
Podcast Episode: Will You Compromise With Pharaoh?
Pip: Faithfulness — apparently a rare quality nowadays, which tracks, because Preacher's Point just ran an entire episode of Pharaoh's greatest negotiating hits to prove it.Mara: preacherspoint is asking whether modern Christians are falling for the same compromises Moses refused — and tracing what happens across generations when they do. Let's start with Pharaoh at … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Will You Compromise With Pharaoh?
Will You Compromise With Pharaoh?
Faithfulness, a rare quality nowadays. When Christians are judged, will you hear Jesus say, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant,” as in Matthew 25:21-23? All Christians should serve the Lord in some capacity, and general stewardship requires faithfulness. 1 Corinthians 4:2: “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” The … Continue reading Will You Compromise With Pharaoh?
Podcast Episode: It’s All Coming Together
Pip: If you've been watching the news and thinking "this feels like a lot," preacherspoint has a framework for that feeling — and it involves Ezekiel, the UN, digital currencies, and a very specific cow.Mara: That's the territory we're covering today — how current geopolitical, economic, and religious developments are being read as convergent signs … Continue reading Podcast Episode: It’s All Coming Together
It’s All Coming Together
Over the years, I have noticed that when most Christians look at prophecy and the unfolding of end-time events, they tend to focus on one sign at a time. However, it is important to look at prophecy as a whole. Many things have been happening recently that are setting the stage for prophecy. When you … Continue reading It’s All Coming Together
6,000 Years. 48 Years.
Genesis 2:22-25, “And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave … Continue reading 6,000 Years. 48 Years.
Podcast Episode: Spiritual Maturity Stages
Pip: Preacher's Point asks the question most of us quietly avoid: are you still spiritually crawling, or have you actually learned to walk?Mara: That's the territory preacherspoint covers this week — the markers of spiritual immaturity, what growth actually looks like, and the two practices the Bible points to as the path forward. Let's start … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Spiritual Maturity Stages
Spiritual Maturity Stages
The Bible uses the terms babes, young men, fathers, elders, children, and several others to indicate where a person is in their spiritual maturity. As time goes by after a person’s salvation, God expects them to grow spiritually. Immediately after salvation, we are spiritual babes. We don’t know a whole lot; we do things we … Continue reading Spiritual Maturity Stages
Podcast Episode: What About The Children?
Pip: Welcome back to the digest — where this week, preacherspoint hands us a story about a church van, twenty-five hungry kids, and a deacon who thought that was too many.Mara: The post works through what it actually looks like to fight for children in a congregation — and what happens when you stop fighting … Continue reading Podcast Episode: What About The Children?
What About The Children?
Decades ago, while pastoring a previous church, some interesting things happened. A few weeks after starting at the church, I was there alone and decided to snoop around. There I was looking through closets and other storage areas. Everything was what you would expect stored inside a church. A lot of seasonal decorations, costumes, and … Continue reading What About The Children?
