This is the first in a series to honor men who have been helpful by their examples. For this series I’m guessing anyone could predict two of the men who have had tremendous influence on me, so I’ll start with one of them. Though I work for Desiring God and have been to lots of conferences where he [...]
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Men who help blog #1: He helps me delight in the God-centeredness of God and in God’s word
Posted in Helpful things on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Why you put your best people in children’s ministry
Posted in commentary, Helpful things on March 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
On Sunday morning it was almost one of ‘those’ days. But we pushed through together and made it to church on time. About two minutes after dropping Paul off, he had one of his seizure-like episodes. We hadn’t even made it out of the hallway up to the sanctuary. But, rather than giving up, the [...]
God’s goodness in persevering pastors and ministers
Posted in Helpful things, Scripture on March 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This morning (Saturday), I have been given the pleasure of introducing Pastor David Michael to the 900 or so attendees of the Children Desiring God Conference. I am so grateful to God for this man; it has been a pleasure to even think about doing so! David has been a champion at Bethlehem for the [...]
The transitions never end, and God is always faithful
Posted in commentary, Helpful things on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Julie and Mark Martindale are one of those couples who love Jesus and do really hard things because of what Jesus has done for them. As Julie writes in her ‘about me‘ page on her blog, “Lest you think we are either crazy or saints, we are neither–just followers of Jesus Christ who desire to [...]
“Help My Unbelief” – Clint Wells and John Newton
Posted in Helpful things on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We returned late on Monday evening from The Elisha Foundation Retreat in Oregon. Lord willing, I’ll have more in the coming days on this wonderful, God-honoring, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated four days on the Pacific coast. Among the highlights – the music that began our worship each session. Our song leader worked very hard to bring music [...]
Pastors, help your people to rejoice!
Posted in Helpful things, Scripture on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Christmas eve, sometime after 11pm, my ten-year-old son will take the podium at Bethlehem and read this: And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, [...]
Helpful things: People who pray (and email) like this!
Posted in Helpful things on November 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Do you ever wonder how to let someone know you are praying for them or with them? I certainly do. And God provided a helpful example, this time through one of the great women in my life: my oldest sister. I’m deeply grateful that God has given me sisters who love me and my wife [...]
Be encouraged at the goodness of God in the midst of suffering!
Posted in Helpful things on November 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If you didn’t see this video on the Desiring God blog yesterday, please take five minutes to watch and be blessed! Thank you to Children Desiring God and to the Watters’ family for sharing this wonderful testimony. God was preparing them for great suffering, and then he called them to do an incredible thing in adopting [...]
Thank you, Pastor Kenny, for reminding us about important things
Posted in Helpful things on October 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Pastor Kenny Stokes has been serving as pastor for preaching during Pastor John’s leave. I appreciate what God has done through Pastor Kenny during these months. On Saturday, he did two very important things for those of us living with disability in our families: 1. As he welcomed the parents and children being dedicated* to [...]
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Attempting to honor in helpful ways
Posted in commentary, Helpful things on June 12, 2011 | 8 Comments »
As most of you know or could guess, The Works of God is named primarily because that phrase shows up in John 9, the accounting of Jesus healing the man born blind. But it also shows up in other places, like Psalm 78: He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, [...]
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