OK, some folks might call it cheating to have me talking about two pastors in one post. However, in the case of David and Joe, there’s no way I could talk about them separately.
You see, they’re together a strong team for Christ. Continue Reading…
Pastors I Admire Week: Michael D. Perkins
Of all the pastors on my list this week, this is the one guy who I’ve never met in person. We met via the internet, we’ve chatted on the phone dozens of times and I once kept his mind off the loud banjo music he heard reverberating through a rural countryside one trip back from a pastor’s conference.
He’s Michael D. Perkins of Natchitoches Church of the Nazarene, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Continue Reading…
MSY Bonus Video: Laying down idols
God’s been working me over the last week regarding something that was a big idol in my life. God’s really breaking me. Continue Reading…
Pastors I Admire Week: Jeremy Rapp
There’s no way I can start out “Pastors I Admire” week without kicking things off with the guy I get to sit and learn under every Sunday morning: Jeremy Rapp at Journey Church.
I’ll admit I never expected to discover someone as cool as Jeremy the first time I walked into Journey Church. You see, my wife and I had split up less than an hour before I walked into the door of the church. I was hurting. Barely avoiding breaking down in tears. Uncertain about the future.
But God knew exactly what He was doing bringing me to Journey…and Pastor Jeremy Rapp. Continue Reading…
Sunday Night Scripture: Mark 2:17
There have been times in my past where I really lost sight of the importance of Christ in my life.
You see, I thought I was well.
I wasn’t well.
There’s a good chance you aren’t as well as you think you are either. Continue Reading…
Have we lost the awe?
If someone were to ask you if you’re in awe of God, there’s a good chance you would instinctively react with an affirmative answer.
There will be hundreds of churches this Sunday who will sing the song “I Stand In Awe” in unison with lyrics stating we stand in awe of God.
But do we? Continue Reading…
Outreach week: Hookers For Jesus
When you come face to face with your first prostitute, you’ll never forget the moment.
The hopelessness in their eyes.
The obvious abuse that they’ve been suffering.
The facade of being the “party girl” because they feel they have no way out of the hell they live in every day.
But there is a way out…and one of those ways comes because of a woman named Annie who rose above that world and now goes in to save other women.
Annie Lobert founded and leads “Hookers for Jesus“. Continue Reading…
Outreach week: Muzungu Mama Ministries
When I lived in Nashville, I had the opportunity to meet an extraordinary young woman named Lexi MacKinnon. Her love for God was obvious and when I heard that God called her to Africa I was not the least bit surprised. Lexi was…she had never thought of moving to Africa to be a long term missionary…but she followed God’s leading and has made great strides in a short time.
I’m excited to share with you Muzungu Mama Ministries. Continue Reading…
Outreach week: Jamie the Very Worst Missionary and El Chupacabra
The description of the blog said it contained “Inappropriate remarks, embarrassing antics, and generally lame observations from a Christian missionary in Costa Rica.”
It may has well said “Jason, just read it. It’s someone like you.”
Jamie Wright is far from what I would consider the very worst missionary. But she is one of the most honest, transparent and Christ-loving folks that I have met through the internet. She and her husband Steve (a.k.a. El Chupacabra) have shown the power of long term missions to make the lives of people better and to truly reflect what it means to follow Christ.
Through the good, the bad and the stories that people will tell each other for years, they’ve encouraged me and I think they will encourage you. Continue Reading…
Outreach week: Brian & Jenni Clayville
When a lot of Christians talk of missionaries, they usually attach that word to men and women who go outside the borders of the United States to take the love of Christ to the world. There’s nothing wrong with that because there are many missionaries from the USA who are currently far beyond our borders. (I’ll be featuring a few later this week.)
But there are also people who are missionaries right here in the US. People who have left their homes and their families because they felt God calling them to make a difference in another community.
People like Brian & Jenni Clayville. Continue Reading…
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