In his book about Discipleship, Jim Harnish tells a story about a Methodist church that was located right across the street from a rather disreputable bar. The members of the church were teetotalers and they prayed for years that the Lord would do something about the bar across the street. One night the bar was…
This morning, we have finally come to the destination at the end of our “Path of Salvation” (these basics of the Christian faith) that we have been looking at over the past couple of months. By now, we have seen that there are a number of milestones each of us must pass along our journey…
Matthew 18:12-14 (NRSV) What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than…