Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 17,"Pettiness.” Certain vices only mar, others lacerate and kill. Not one of them kills more surely than a petty disposition. The Christian religion is nothing if not large.A sermon is the life-blood of a an baptized into the spirit of the Lord, and every…
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 17, “Discontent."Discontent may be said to be one of the prevailing sins of the ministerial world. How prevalent it is the public does not fully know, for ministers who are discontented do not shout their dissatisfaction from the house-top.They write it …
By now virtually the whole world knows that Tim Tebow and his mother will be featured in a 30-second ad appearing during the first quarter of the Super Bowl. The ad itself is sponsored by Focus on the Family and cost around $3 million. What message could be so important that supporters quickly raised the three million dollars? And why has the ad sp…
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 16, “Vanity.” “Every gift, no matter what it is, has a coiled serpent it. A man’s deadliest danger lies ever at the center of his greatest strength.""Many a man has had his usefulness destroyed by the very gift which should have car…
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 15,"Autocracy.""The environment of a clergyman contains abundant nutriment for the nourishment of the papal proclivities of human nature.""If laymen were allowed to-day the privileges they enjoyed in the time of Jesus, and could say to mi…
If your worship tank is a bit low this morning, watch this video and be blessed….
My friend David Langerfeld sends out an email each day called the Daily Encourager that contains a brief thought, a quote, a story or a poem meant to impart strength and hope as we journey through life. Earlier this week he sent out a poem that he called “Thank You Father.” I am passing it along because strikes exactly the right note. I…
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 14, “Dishonesty.""If a man is crotchety he can be tolerated; if he is prejudiced or ignorant he can be borne with ; he may be lacking in a score of qualities which men count desirable and still be a useful and an honored man. But who can endure a mi…
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 13, “Selfishness.""Thick-witted men occasionally get the notion that they can glorify God by preaching theology and at the same time scorn their congregation.""If a minister says he loves God, and in his heart slights or despises his peo…
Today I gave my first three lectures on the book of Galatians to 350 very attentive students at Word of Life Bible Institute in Pottersville, New York. Even though Galatians is amazingly contemporary, I face a huge challenge in making it seem relevant today because the major issue in the book deals with something we hardly ever talk about in church…