The under-shepherd has to keep
His own soul and those of his sheep.
He needs to prepare and to pray,
To preach in a Biblical way;
And from time-to-time he must weep.
– eab, Feb. 07
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Pastor
Posted in uncategorized, tagged pastor on February 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Spiritual Birthday – Apr. 26, 1956
Posted in born today, converted to Christ, today in history, uncategorized, tagged April 26 1956, “Born Again”, Bremen Ohio, fifty-four years ago, J D (John Denver) Webb, major turning point in life, ordained under, pastor, Pilgrim Holiness Church, Seth C. Reese, Spiritual Birthday, Sr., today in history on April 26, 2010| 1 Comment »
Today is my Spiritual Birthday. I’ve had to ask forgiveness for some things since this date ~ April 26, 1956 ~ but it was truly the major turning point in my life.
I was “Born Again” in the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Bremen, Ohio, on this date fifty-four years ago. My pastor was J D (John Denver) Webb, Sr., a man ordained under Seth C. Reese.
Got Who?
Posted in eabits, philosophy, tagged goat, pastor, sheep on November 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Some, thinking they
got a pastor’s “sheep,”
Soon find out
they “got his goat.”
– eab, 11/2/09
Bishop, i.e. Pastor
Posted in Bible, Limerick, poem, tagged a wife, Bishop, God’s grand list, pastor, still the same, un-blamed, Vigilant on April 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A bishop was to be un-blamed.
Second – a wife is named.
“Vigilant” was number three,
Of what this man was to be.
And God’s grand list is still the same.
–eab, – 3/31/05, 1Ti 3.2
John F Dorsey – birth, Jan. 3, 1916
Posted in born today, nature, today in history, worship, tagged 1916, A Farmer Looks at the Parables, Bible teacher, earth drank in the rain, evangelist, God was dead, I live forevermore, John F Dorsey, moon serene smiled, My mighty power, Ohio, pastor, power across the sky, stars still twinkled, storm clouds reared, sun still rose, the passing wind, the Spirit sang on January 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
“I Heard Them Saying That God Was Dead”
I heard them saying that God was dead
But the sun still rose at dawn.
And the stars still twinkled o’er my head
When the last sunlight was gone.
The moon serene smiled sweetly on
The storm clouds reared on high
The lightnings flashed; the thunders rolled
In power across the sky.
The trees still bowed to the passing wind
And the earth drank in the rain.
And deep in my heart the Spirit sang
A glad and sweet refrain.
“All things are upheld by My mighty power
I govern from shore to shore.
I hold thee in life from hour to hour
And I live forevermore.”
John F Dorsey was born today 1/3/1916 in Ohio. His life has been a blessing through sermons (evangelist, pastor, Bible teacher) and through his pen, both in poetry and in prose. See A Farmer Looks at the Parables.
Lpost – Are You Truly a New Testament Christian?
Posted in Lpost (long post), philosophy, tagged 1st Day, adultery not same as fornication, camouflage, cross, Divorce and Remarriage, equate money with blessings, First Day, God and country, health and wealth, Lord's Day, making money off of war, minister, OT, pastor, priest clothing, priest power, saturday worship, Son of David killed none, turn the other check, war on December 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Have you traveled beyond the Old Testament (OT)?
Christians are not “left-overs” from OT – there are serious differences after the Cross!
Some have not ventured beyond the OT – they’re hung up on Saturday worship
– it was no glitch that Christ AROSE on a new day, the first day of the week!
It is now His day, the “Lord’s Day.”
Some have not ventured beyond the OT – they’re hung up on Priests
– priests with OT flashy clothing, priests with their OT power.
The disciples (and since) are not priests but ministers/pastors.
Some have not ventured beyond the OT – they’re hung up on Wealth
– the “Health and Wealth” people are trying to still equate money with blessings.
Come on over into the New Testament where this is not the same.
Some have not ventured beyond the OT – they’re hung up on Divorce and Remarriage
– adultery is not the same as fornication. “…If, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress” Rom 7.3. Leave OT reasoning.
Some have not ventured beyond the OT – they’re hung up on War. Christ does not agree
– David killed many – the Son of David killed none; Christ said “turn the other check.”
The men making money off of war deceive with “God and country” camouflage.
George MacDonald – birth, Dec. 10, 1824
Posted in philosophy, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, tagged Bethany House Pub., born this date, boundless, C S Lewis, creative, George MacDonald, Great Britain and Ireland, king and cobbler, kingdom of heaven, Minneapolis, pastor, prayers of another, resurrection, Salvation, Scotland, self-existent, Son of God, The Minister’s Restoration, today in history, unconditional, why God permits evil on December 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
In God’s Kingdom…a man’s salvation rarely comes without the prayers of another who labors unseen.
– George MacDonald, The Minister’s Restoration (Minneapolis: Bethany House Pub., 1988), 19.
Never did his face light up when he spoke of the Son of God, of his death, or of his resurrection. Never did he make mention of the kingdom of heaven as if it were anything more venerable than the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
– George MacDonald, The Minister’s Restoration (Minneapolis: Bethany House Pub., 1988), 61.
For God is love, and love is that which is, and was, and shall be for evermore – boundless, unconditional, self-existent, creative!
– George MacDonald, The Minister’s Restoration (Minneapolis: Bethany House Pub., 1988), 117.
The heart o’ both king and cobbler’s in the hand o’ the Lord…
– George MacDonald, The Minister’s Restoration (Minneapolis: Bethany House Pub., 1988), 147.
Ignorant people go abut always asking why God permits evil. We know why! So that we might know – really know – what good is like, and therefore what God himself is like.
– George MacDonald, The Minister’s Restoration (Minneapolis: Bethany House Pub., 1988), 206.
George MacDonald was born 12/10/1824 in Scotland. He was a pastor but also a writer. His pen influenced the later pen of C S Lewis.
Old-Fashioned? No, Biblical!
Posted in Bible, holy living, tagged Biblical, children, heed It, old fashioned, pastor, read It on October 5, 2008| 1 Comment »
Allow me, as pastor to encourage you to be Biblical. Instead of being “old-fashioned,” let us do all in our mental and physical powers to be Biblical Christians. Not all that some want to call “old-fashioned” actually was. Further, not all “old-fashioned” was automatically good. Conversely all, I repeat, all that is truly Biblical is good. It is good for you, good for your children, and if the world stands until 2099, the Biblical life will be good for our descendents. Read It, and heed It!
