Archive for October, 2005

Weekend Update – 10.2.05

Another great weekend @ Church

We had a powerful early service.  I ministered on the subject of Ringside Seat.  Our text was 2 Chron. 20:15-20,25.  We talked about the sovereign works of God being placed on display.  Our job is to praise and if we’ll praise Him, He will work in our situation.
This morning I met [...]

The Church As A Hospital

I have been doing some reading on the Civil War and I came across something that made me think: many churches were used as hospitals for wounded soldiers.  I began to wonder how our view of church would change if we were to begin to look at it as a hospital for wounded souls.
What [...]

When I’ve Done My Best

It was noted that even in desperate times General Robert Lee’s good humor did not desert him.  Once while entertaining a visiting dignitary, B.H.Hill, he said quietly, “‘Mr. Hill, we made a great mistake in the beginning, and I fear it will be fatal.’  ‘What is that, General?’  ‘Why, we appointed all our worst generals [...]

Adventures In Missing The Point

In the book by Burke Davis, To Appomattox I read of the outrage of James Morris Morgan.  “He went into the Senate chamber for a few minutes and emerged with an expression of youthful outrage.  The Senators had to raise their voices to be heard over the guns – yet they were debating the question [...]