We have a ministry partnership with an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. The kids can get quite rowdy at times. Yet whenever Pastor Pedro steps into the room, the kids are on their best behavior.
There’s an old story about two lumberjacks who had a contest to see who could chop the most wood. One was a young, strong man who could chop relentlessly. He was convinced he would win easily against the older lumberjack who was on the back end of his tree felling days.
We did a sports camp at the very location in Bristol where Wesley erected a chapel and built a school in the mid eighteenth century. In the same field where Wesley and Whitefield used to preach open air to coal miners, we used baseball to demonstrate the gospel to young people.
Shankwitz was a motorcycle cop with a troubled past who survived a near-fatal accident during a high-speed pursuit, and was left searching for the meaning of his life. It’s tragic to be a “fighter” and not know “what to fight for.” Fortunately, Shankwitz found his purpose.
When Jesus rose from the dead, He didn’t give a sermon to the world, He went and made breakfast for His friends, and a disgraced Peter. Peter’s whole life seems like an object lesson for so-called idiots, who tried to follow Jesus but really blew it.
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 “But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what
Text: Matthew 25:1-13 “When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.” —Colossians
Text: 1 Chronicles 21:1-30 “I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his
Mary Dobkin (Aunt Mary) was the crippled immigrant woman who coached and guided thousands of Baltimore’s poorest children.
It was the quickest overtime game in NFL history. In January of 2012, Tim Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas for an 80-yard touchdown
