In educational circles, the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder gets a lot of attention—and so it should. If a child cannot focus his/her attention, he/she will struggle to learn. A similar principle applies as we seek to follow Jesus as individuals and as a congregation. It is easy to be distracted by the myriad of [...]
I was at a Pastors Conference in Chicago in the late 1990s when a question was put to Howard Hendricks, “Is it acceptable for a preacher to deliver the same message more than once?” (presumably in different contexts). Without hesitation, Hendricks replied with an emphatic tone, “If it’s not worth preaching more than once, it’s [...]
On Sunday, June 6, I was inducted as the Pastor of St. Andrew’s Kirk in Nassau, Bahamas. This past Sunday, June 13, was my first Sunday in the pulpit as the pastor here. If June 6 was a day of celebration, then June 13 was a day of dreaming. I invited the congregation here to [...]
On April 11, I began a message series at St. Giles Kingsway and The Well entitled, “Parting Words From Your Pastor”. In that I will be transitioning to St. Andrew’s Kirk in Nassau, Bahamas at the beginning of June, I wanted to leave my congregation here with what I regard to be the 5 messages most vital to their [...]
When I suggest that Christianity is not so much a religion as it is a relationship, I’m not attempting to be clever. As I survey the New Testament I just don’t see Jesus setting up a system. Nor do I see him establishing an organization, but rather, I see Jesus engaging His followers in deeply [...]
