When most people, who have achieved great things, tell their stories, they mention those who encouraged them along the way. I remember as a young pastor, a local pastor called me and because an encourager to me. He invested 12 years in encouraging me as I served in my first ministry. I am today a […]

Why is it that we are either easy on ourselves, justifying our behavior, or hard on ourselves, judging ourselves harshly? In 1 Corinthians 4:3b-5 Paul writes that we need to be careful of our evaluations, because the only evaluation that really matters is the Lord’s. The mature servant of the Lord does not trust his […]

It has been said that football is a sport that has 22 people in desperate need of rest, being evaluated by thousands of people who are in desperate need of exercise. Have you ever noticed that everyone has an opinion on how I should do my job, even when they have no idea what my […]