Oct 12, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Heckler-Type

Comedians have them: hecklers! People that interupt a public gathering of people and distract the one giving a public ‘talk’. Pastors have them too. Usually they’re not the drunk guy yelling at the pastor on the stage because his message is no good. Usually they are children. I took a drastic step to get rid of child hecklers as I came on as pastor at my church. I extended the... read more

Oct 3, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Sales Pitch

This last Thursday I went out to lunch with some new attenders from my church. One of these wonderful people recieved Christ as Savior on their first visit. As far as I know- and I could be wrong- the other two are not yet Christians. One of the attenders that apparently is not yet a Christian leaned accrossed the table and said,” Let me talk to you about your sermons.” That’s good- I... read more

Sep 29, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Things That Keep You Going

Ministry can be tough. But there are certain things that can give you motivation when times get tough. One such thing is watching someone find Jesus for the first time and find new life in Him. Last week at church a woman who just moved to the US from an Asian nation came and gave her life to Christ. As far as I know, she has had no prior experience with Christianity and knew nothing of the Gospel. We... read more

Sep 22, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Wildfire

I am in awe of churches around this nation doing whatever it takes to reach the lost for Christ. I am in awe to 500+ salvations in one week at churches like Newspring in South Carolina and Elevation Church in North Carolina. I am in awe of churches like Central Christian in Las Vegas baptizing 3000 people in a single day!!!!! This is nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This…..this….looks like,... read more

Sep 14, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Fish

Lately I’ve heard a lot about Christians being ‘fishers of men’. When Jesus called His first disciples to fllow Him he said, “Come with me and I will make you fishers of men.” the Bible says that they left everything and followed Him. So often we as Chrisitans become so fixated on the fish already in the ‘tank’ that we forget about the ones still in the ocean... read more