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 [...]
Since the launch of standrewskirk.com I have neglected to post my audio messages on this blog. I’ve decided to correct that and to post the audio messages on each site. By posting them here also, I can include a brief introduction to the message…… On July 11, I delivered a message entitled, “Be Led By [...]
It has barely been a month since being inducted into my new charge and I am already thinking about “church growth”. For me, experiencing growth within a congregation is not something that happens because I “perform” well, or because I successfully implemented some creative “outreach” initiatives. No, my expectation for congregational growth comes largely from two [...]
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 [...]
