Go At It!
"You go at it! The best way to learn is to go at it! How to do it is to do it!"-- D. L. Moody, when asked by three young seminarians (including R. A. Torrey) to teach them how to evangalize.

Big Business
A family was on vacation in a Minnesota northwoods small town. As they drove down Main Street, Mother pointed and said, "Look Johnny! There's First Lutheran Church!"To this, Johnny replied, "Those guys must be a franchise. We have one of those in our town too!"

Billy Joe Daugherty
Received word this morning that Billy Joe Daugherty, pastor of Victory Christian Center in Tulsa died yesterday after a brief battle with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was only 57.Pastor Daugherty was a great spiritual l

I Don't Have the Gift of Mercy
Several times, over the years, I've heard visionary pastors use this phrase in sermons and conversation:I don't have the gift of mercy!When they say that, it's never in an apologetic manner. They don't seem to feel bad about being "mercy deficient." In fact, it's more like they're bragging about it.Whenever I hear a pastor boast about unmerciful he is, I cringe."Oh, don't say that!! If you struggle with being a merciful person -- that's a spiritual maturity issue! That means you don't love people very much. Why would any pastor brag about not loving people?People who

The Other Holy Week
Through 18 years of living in the north country, I’ve come to recognize that, by default, deer hunting season is Wisconsin’s other “holy week.”It took me a while to figure this out. Year after year, I stood behind the pulpit on the third Sunday of November, and looked with dismay upon an empty sanctuary.