We are facing an urgent human rights crisis! Human trafficking, or modern slavery, exists in every state, and every sizable city…even in some small communities and rural areas. The victims are all a [...]
Publication:Pastoral Letter,March 2017 Dear Friend in Christ: I hope this letter finds you well. It’s an honor for me to share with you this month some thoughts regarding vision; that is, to see [...]
[Worldview of Christ Part 18] The Greek word mathetes is translated disciple. It means learner. But in what sense? As an adjunct professor, I taught at a university and at the end of the seme [...]
The title is intentional radical. I trust you realize that Jesus was radical. He was so radical that he offended his disciples by receiving the devotion of a woman who poured costly perfume on him. Wh [...]
Publication:Pastoral Letter,February 2017 Dear Friend in Christ: Many years ago, my father said, “Too often we are reactionary. We wait to see what the enemy does and then react to it. Instead [...]
Publication:Pastoral Letter,January 2017 Dear Friend in Christ: Happy New Year from all of us at CSM! We pray you had a wonderful Christmas. As we enter 2017, I want to give a word of revelation [...]
REGARDING THE CSM CONFERENCE & THE RECENT GATLINBURG FIRE DISASTER ... As you know, we have been planning our annual Gatlinburg Leadership Conference for May 9-11, 2017 at the The Park Vista... [...]
Dear Friend in Christ: Many have heard about #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday, but there is another day that has been especially designated as #GivingTuesday ... a global event fueled by social media [...]
Publication:Pastoral Letter,December 2016 Dear Friend in Christ: I pray this letter finds you well. This month, it is my honor to write this Pastoral Letter to you on behalf of my father, Charles [...]
[taken from the Autumn 2016 issue of One-to-One] “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34) Soon, the United States will face a General Electio [...]
The world does not tolerate truth and truth does not tolerate the world. “The world hates me,” Jesus said, “because I testify of it that its deeds are evil” (John 7:7). The world and truth [...]
I realize the title of this blog runs across the grain of what many say about how we are to relate to the lost. There’s a misconception of Jesus that says he made friends of sinners. It sounds c [...]