I had a conversation about baptism the other day. I was asked why I don't preach about it more often than I do. Here is my thinking on the subject...
You can search the Scriptures and find that the idea of an unimmersed believer does not exist in the New Testament. There is really one simple answer I have to anyone objecting to the idea of being baptized. In Mark 16:16 Jesus said that we need to be baptized so that ends any and all debate on the subject. It really is that simple.
The Scriptures teach that baptism is done through immersion. That's why other groups that practice sprinkling or pouring are off the mark. The word in the New Testament for BAPTISM literally means immersion. Romans 6:4 says that baptism is a burial. Have you ever been to a burial where they considered the body buried when only a handful of dirt was sprinkled on the casket? No. A body is buried when it is put down into the earth and dirt is completely covered over it. That's the picture of baptism.
That is why we immerse at The Fort. And we don't baptize babies either. (Although we will do a baby dedication service.) The chief reason we don't baptize babies is because it isn't in Scripture. In Mark 16:16 Jesus said, "Whoever believes..." Babies don't believe...they can't. So only one with the ability to make this decision for himself should be baptized.
Again, let me make this perfectly clear...EVERY follower of Jesus Christ must be baptized (John 3:3)but I also know a lot of christians who have been baptized who are headed for hell. Being baptized isn't a ticket to heaven.
I think that we need to follow the Word of God but we also can't cross a line and start making eternal assessments for people. It isn't our job to say, "If you haven't been baptized you are going to hell." My butt is too small for God's throne, so I quit trying to sit there.
Picture this scenario...a young 18 year old soldier named Tim is stationed in Iraq. In his company is another young man who has befriended him. This friend has started talking to Tim about the Lord. Tim has shown a lot of interest in all that his new friend has been sharing. He's even been reading the Bible his friend had given him. But one day, Tim was shot and mortally wounded in an engagement with a group of insurgents.
In Tim's final moments he cries out for mercy to Jesus. Tim has never been baptized. But he called on His Lord with his dying breaths. Will we see Tim in heaven. I believe with all my heart, yes.
Can God who is partial to the humble resist such a plea? He couldn't with the thief on the cross (Luke 23:42-43) and I don't believe he does now.
But I still believe that every follower of Christ that is able must be baptized for God's Word is very, very clear on this subject (Acts 2:38).
But it is a subject that I will talk about with every person that wants to become a Christian but it isn't something I will preach about week to week. Baptism isn't a felt need in most people's lives. Balancing their checkbook is. Parenting wayward kids is. Broken marriages is. And once we cross those bridges, God opens doors for more solid discussions on topics like baptism. That's just how I roll!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
What a day!
Wow! The food has been ate, the naps have been taken and the relaxed pace is over for the day. I really enjoyed myself today. We really had fun as a family together just being thankful for God being so dang good to us. It still blows me away.
We went for a walk in a local state park over here called, "Johnson's Saulk Trail." It is a beautiful place with a lot of pretty scenery. I took the Bessinator with and she had an awesome time as well. She loves walks. Check her out in this beautiful pose...
She's a good dog. If you are reading this, I want you to know that I appreciate you. I really do. Most of you send me e-mails and notes to give me encouragement and you'll never know how much that means to me. It's what pulls me through...that, and God's outrageous grace.
So thank you, friend. Hope you've had your full in every way. God's very best to you.
We went for a walk in a local state park over here called, "Johnson's Saulk Trail." It is a beautiful place with a lot of pretty scenery. I took the Bessinator with and she had an awesome time as well. She loves walks. Check her out in this beautiful pose...
She's a good dog. If you are reading this, I want you to know that I appreciate you. I really do. Most of you send me e-mails and notes to give me encouragement and you'll never know how much that means to me. It's what pulls me through...that, and God's outrageous grace.
So thank you, friend. Hope you've had your full in every way. God's very best to you.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
We all need a tow...
I saw something interesting this morning while I was driving to my office. I saw a flat-bed tow truck with a car on it's bed. But there was another tow truck backing up to the first tow truck which had obviously broken down.
It made me think about how many times I've tried to help someone else and I "broke down" in the process. In fact, even though I may be equipped to help others...sometimes I can't do it.
There is only one that will never fail us...Jesus. His support never wanes. His help is always sure. He is our True Friend.
Maybe, you might be feeling a bit like the tow truck needing a tow. You've been trying to help a family member or friend and it has weighed so heavy on you that you don't feel like you can offer much more. Well, it may be time to step back for a while.
You can't do it all on your own. There are some things that only God can do for people. So don't try to take his place.
It is quite alright to "get a tow" every once in a while and just enjoy the refreshing of God's Spirit and not have someone on your back. We all need to be ministered to at times. Maybe your season of being ministered to has come.
It made me think about how many times I've tried to help someone else and I "broke down" in the process. In fact, even though I may be equipped to help others...sometimes I can't do it.
There is only one that will never fail us...Jesus. His support never wanes. His help is always sure. He is our True Friend.
Maybe, you might be feeling a bit like the tow truck needing a tow. You've been trying to help a family member or friend and it has weighed so heavy on you that you don't feel like you can offer much more. Well, it may be time to step back for a while.
You can't do it all on your own. There are some things that only God can do for people. So don't try to take his place.
It is quite alright to "get a tow" every once in a while and just enjoy the refreshing of God's Spirit and not have someone on your back. We all need to be ministered to at times. Maybe your season of being ministered to has come.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
The Wonder of Christmas
A couple on a journey of demand and urgency. Unexpected arrival that had been expected for all of time. Harsh, brutal and unsterile environment for a newborn but even the most majestic palace on earth would still have been undeserving. Tiresome, lonely and frightened newlyweds yet seemingly just the right couple for the job.
Joseph, manly, strong faithful not exactly an expert in prenatal care. Mary, young, timid and quiet yet the talk of her town.
The baby. Oh what a baby! Perfectly normal and abnormally perfect. He cries, he suckles at a breast, he rests. The one who created is now the tiniest creation.
How alarmingly odd is this picture? We make nice paintings from it. We decorate our lawns with it...but it is simply the most absurd image that one can ever dream up. And that is what it would seem to be, a dream. But it wasn't. It was very, very real.
Mary really was a young virgin. Joseph really was a godly young man. Angels visited, shepherds wondered, Magi marveled...God smiled. And yet it is still very odd.
Mighty Awesome Holy God clamored His way through a birth canal. Why then? Why them? Why that way? It doesn't make any sense and yet it seems to be that there could not have been any other way.
In fact, any other way would have been so cliche...so expected...so not God's way! Because that is the way He has always been. He always does what we don't see coming. He always acts wholly and Holy different from man.
That's our biggest problem, you know? We act so humanly. And because of that, He came to show us what humans were meant to act like.
But it sure is something to marvel at still. The Holy of Holies surrounded by the manure of domesticated animals. The birth of the one that literally split time in two (B.C. and A.D.) and no one really noticed...except for a few shepherds and some far-off star-gazers.
Christ's birth is one of the hallmarks of our faith. The virgin birth of Christ is a deeply important doctrine of our faith. Don't miss it. Don't belittle it. Don't take it for granted.
Celebrate his birth this year like you were one of the dirty shepherds who laid eyes on him that very night. Worship him this December like you were Joseph, bursting with so much pride and joy that it was uncontainable. Adore him like Mary who was so filled with love and protection for him that nothing else in all of the universe mattered but this child. Gaze at him again on Christmas morning on your knees like the Magi thanking your Heavenly Father for such an incredible, matchless and amazing gift of grace.
Joseph, manly, strong faithful not exactly an expert in prenatal care. Mary, young, timid and quiet yet the talk of her town.
The baby. Oh what a baby! Perfectly normal and abnormally perfect. He cries, he suckles at a breast, he rests. The one who created is now the tiniest creation.
How alarmingly odd is this picture? We make nice paintings from it. We decorate our lawns with it...but it is simply the most absurd image that one can ever dream up. And that is what it would seem to be, a dream. But it wasn't. It was very, very real.
Mary really was a young virgin. Joseph really was a godly young man. Angels visited, shepherds wondered, Magi marveled...God smiled. And yet it is still very odd.
Mighty Awesome Holy God clamored His way through a birth canal. Why then? Why them? Why that way? It doesn't make any sense and yet it seems to be that there could not have been any other way.
In fact, any other way would have been so cliche...so expected...so not God's way! Because that is the way He has always been. He always does what we don't see coming. He always acts wholly and Holy different from man.
That's our biggest problem, you know? We act so humanly. And because of that, He came to show us what humans were meant to act like.
But it sure is something to marvel at still. The Holy of Holies surrounded by the manure of domesticated animals. The birth of the one that literally split time in two (B.C. and A.D.) and no one really noticed...except for a few shepherds and some far-off star-gazers.
Christ's birth is one of the hallmarks of our faith. The virgin birth of Christ is a deeply important doctrine of our faith. Don't miss it. Don't belittle it. Don't take it for granted.
Celebrate his birth this year like you were one of the dirty shepherds who laid eyes on him that very night. Worship him this December like you were Joseph, bursting with so much pride and joy that it was uncontainable. Adore him like Mary who was so filled with love and protection for him that nothing else in all of the universe mattered but this child. Gaze at him again on Christmas morning on your knees like the Magi thanking your Heavenly Father for such an incredible, matchless and amazing gift of grace.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Restoration Movement
The other day I was having a conversation with someone about The Fort and it's structure and historical roots. The Fort is an autonomous congregation tied to a movement known as the Restoration Movement. This movement began in the early 1800's by Thomas Campbell and his son, Alexander Campbell.
In fact, churches with ties to the Restoration Movement [RM] became known as "Campbellites." What these early founders of the RM were attempting was to "restore" the church as it is seen in the New Testament.
There were many slogans that became banner cries of the RM, two that really have impacted me and my ministry. One being: In essentials, unity; in opinion, liberty; in all things, love. (I believe this was ripped off from Augustine if you follow the history of this particular statement.)
I love that slogan because it really centralizes the importance of being a follower of Jesus Christ. There are certain "essentials" which are absolutely non-negotiable. There are certain doctrines of the faith that cannot be compromised. In my opinion, the list of essential doctrines (doctrines which have bearing upon one's salvation) are few. There really are only a few things that we absolutely MUST agree upon without question.
Among these are: (this is not meant to be an exhaustive list...these are some of my own thoughts on this)
God exists and is the creator of all mankind and has been working from the beginning of time to redeem man back unto Himself. Jesus Christ is God's Son and is God Himself. Jesus was sent by God as a ransom for mankind's sin. His death on the cross saved all of humanity. He rose from the dead three days later and defeated death, proving all that God has promised. The Holy Spirit is God and teaches, corrects and convicts man.
The Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God. It is fully reliable and the sole source of authority for man and the church. Salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone. He is the only way to heaven.
The Devil is real and seeks man's ultimate destruction. Hell is a real place created for Satan himself that will also be the miserable end of all who reject God's offer of salvation.
There may be more than what I have listed here, but ultimately the list of essential doctrines is not this gigantic list that we tend to make it. That's why the slogan also says that in opinion there should be liberty. Which means if you disagree with me about my views on the end times...that's okay, a doctrine such as that really doesn't have any bearing on one's salvation.
I preach about a lot of topics that many times I know that there are some in the church that don't believe the same as I do on the issue. I don't care. I don't lose a wink of sleep about that. My goal as a pastor is to create unity in the church NOT uniformity. We can disagree without being disagreeable. (Besides, those who disagree with me have every right to be wrong!)
And that makes the last part of that slogan so important. In all things, love. No matter what we believe, we better communicate our beliefs with a loving spirit or we are nothing (at least, so says Paul).
Another slogan from the Restoration Movement that has deeply impacted me is this one: We are not the only Christians, we are Christians only.
I have known some in the RM who would rather debate a Baptist than try to win a lost person to Jesus. That's insane! Our enemies are not another church that has a different sign out on it's front lawn. (Don't get me wrong, I think we do need to be discerning about cults and false teachers.) But some in the RM have taken this too far!
We need to stay on target to what Jesus has called us to do and quit debating stupid issues of non-consequential doctrine (such as whether or not Adam and Eve had belly buttons). If another church has communion once a week or once a month isn't a mark of how close the people of that church are to Jesus.
We can get caught up in "friendly fire" and really do a lot of damage to our mission. Our mission is to win lost people to Jesus. That's it. Paul said we need to avoid silly arguments in 2 Timothy 2:23.
Overall, I am proud to be a part of the RM, but my allegiance is NOT to Thomas Campbell or Alexander Campbell...my allegiance is to Jesus Christ alone! What Thomas or Alexander Campbell wrote or said does not bear the weight with me that God's Word does.
The RM has done a superb job of it's mission to restore the church to what it was in the New Testament because the modern RM is just as screwed up as the church we see in Scripture...lots of bickering and not getting certain doctrines right. But all in all it was God's plan to bring hope to the world through the Church. Even broken, messed up churches like The Fort are used in mighty ways by God to spread the good news that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and He is the only way to heaven!
I don't have as high of a view of the RM that many of my colleagues in ministry would like...I don't teach RM history...I preach Jesus. I don't study the writings of Thomas Campbell or Alexander Campbell...I preach Jesus. And honestly, that's okay. If you really do take time to look at the lives of these men...that's all they were really doing as well.
In fact, churches with ties to the Restoration Movement [RM] became known as "Campbellites." What these early founders of the RM were attempting was to "restore" the church as it is seen in the New Testament.
There were many slogans that became banner cries of the RM, two that really have impacted me and my ministry. One being: In essentials, unity; in opinion, liberty; in all things, love. (I believe this was ripped off from Augustine if you follow the history of this particular statement.)
I love that slogan because it really centralizes the importance of being a follower of Jesus Christ. There are certain "essentials" which are absolutely non-negotiable. There are certain doctrines of the faith that cannot be compromised. In my opinion, the list of essential doctrines (doctrines which have bearing upon one's salvation) are few. There really are only a few things that we absolutely MUST agree upon without question.
Among these are: (this is not meant to be an exhaustive list...these are some of my own thoughts on this)
God exists and is the creator of all mankind and has been working from the beginning of time to redeem man back unto Himself. Jesus Christ is God's Son and is God Himself. Jesus was sent by God as a ransom for mankind's sin. His death on the cross saved all of humanity. He rose from the dead three days later and defeated death, proving all that God has promised. The Holy Spirit is God and teaches, corrects and convicts man.
The Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God. It is fully reliable and the sole source of authority for man and the church. Salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone. He is the only way to heaven.
The Devil is real and seeks man's ultimate destruction. Hell is a real place created for Satan himself that will also be the miserable end of all who reject God's offer of salvation.
There may be more than what I have listed here, but ultimately the list of essential doctrines is not this gigantic list that we tend to make it. That's why the slogan also says that in opinion there should be liberty. Which means if you disagree with me about my views on the end times...that's okay, a doctrine such as that really doesn't have any bearing on one's salvation.
I preach about a lot of topics that many times I know that there are some in the church that don't believe the same as I do on the issue. I don't care. I don't lose a wink of sleep about that. My goal as a pastor is to create unity in the church NOT uniformity. We can disagree without being disagreeable. (Besides, those who disagree with me have every right to be wrong!)
And that makes the last part of that slogan so important. In all things, love. No matter what we believe, we better communicate our beliefs with a loving spirit or we are nothing (at least, so says Paul).
Another slogan from the Restoration Movement that has deeply impacted me is this one: We are not the only Christians, we are Christians only.
I have known some in the RM who would rather debate a Baptist than try to win a lost person to Jesus. That's insane! Our enemies are not another church that has a different sign out on it's front lawn. (Don't get me wrong, I think we do need to be discerning about cults and false teachers.) But some in the RM have taken this too far!
We need to stay on target to what Jesus has called us to do and quit debating stupid issues of non-consequential doctrine (such as whether or not Adam and Eve had belly buttons). If another church has communion once a week or once a month isn't a mark of how close the people of that church are to Jesus.
We can get caught up in "friendly fire" and really do a lot of damage to our mission. Our mission is to win lost people to Jesus. That's it. Paul said we need to avoid silly arguments in 2 Timothy 2:23.
Overall, I am proud to be a part of the RM, but my allegiance is NOT to Thomas Campbell or Alexander Campbell...my allegiance is to Jesus Christ alone! What Thomas or Alexander Campbell wrote or said does not bear the weight with me that God's Word does.
The RM has done a superb job of it's mission to restore the church to what it was in the New Testament because the modern RM is just as screwed up as the church we see in Scripture...lots of bickering and not getting certain doctrines right. But all in all it was God's plan to bring hope to the world through the Church. Even broken, messed up churches like The Fort are used in mighty ways by God to spread the good news that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and He is the only way to heaven!
I don't have as high of a view of the RM that many of my colleagues in ministry would like...I don't teach RM history...I preach Jesus. I don't study the writings of Thomas Campbell or Alexander Campbell...I preach Jesus. And honestly, that's okay. If you really do take time to look at the lives of these men...that's all they were really doing as well.
Friday, November 7, 2008
On history and orchestration...
I said in that last post that I went to live with my Uncle during my junior year of high school. I want to give you some backstory to that. Before that move took place, I lived in Orlando, FL with my mom and stepdad. I was attending Winter Park High. The school had over 3,500 students. I was supposed to be a Christian but I had walked away from that and had begun partying...a lot. I even had one of my non-Christian friends at one point tell me he thought I had a drinking problem (he was right).
My grades were worse than bad. My mom and stepdad were at their wits end with knowing what to do with me. So two weeks before Christmas during my junior year, my mom took the extreme measure of having me go and live with her brother (who was/is a preacher) in southern Ohio (just about 45 miles from Cincinnati in a little town called Jackson.
I went from a high school with over 3,500 to a school which included K thru 12 that only had about 200 students total. It was culture shock to say the least. Jackson, OH is not Orlando, FL.
That Christmas I spent with my Uncle was one of the lowest points of my life at the time. I had been removed from all of my family and friends. My Uncle and his wife felt sincerely bad for me.
But I made this decision that since no one knew me there at all, it gave me an opportunity to start over with a clean slate. So I decided to live for the faith that I had once professed to live for. I actually started reading God's Word.
I wasn't perfect, mind you. I still struggled with smoking from time to time. I had other issues that were struggles for me, but all in all, I was on track in my walk with Jesus again.
And it wasn't too long into my move to Jackson that I was introduced to another preacher in the same town who had a son that worked as the maintenance supervisor for a Bible Camp in northeast Ohio called Round Lake Christian Assembly. The preacher's name was Hoyt Allen, his son was Denny Allen. Hoyt asked me if I would be interested in a summer life guard position at the camp. I thought it sounded like a great idea.
So I made the drive up there with my Uncle and interviewed for the position. They told me I could have the job on one condition...that I got my hair cut. That was kind of a big deal to me. I had grown my hair at that time down past my shoulders. (Do me a favor and don't share that with my sons.)
So after finishing my junior year (and actually passing) I went to work as a life guard at the camp. While I was there, I noticed this pretty cook that was also there working her summer job. Her name was Shannon Curry. She had just finished her freshman year at Bible College and was working as a cook that summer.
Shannon and I struck up a sincere friendship (that was really nothing more than that). And then we both came back the next summer as well. It was that summer, the summer of 1989 that we both fell head-over-heels in love with each other.
And now, because I experienced discipline and was living my life away from God, I was taken far away (which I perceived to be the worst thing that could have ever happened to me) and it turned out to be the BEST thing that ever happened to me.
It is so easy for me to do that with my life backwards. I can look back and see the wonderful orchestration of my heavenly Father as He "meddles" with my life and puts me in circumstances where I will be drawn closer to Him. He truly is the great "Orchestrator" with our lives. The problem with us, though, is that we don't listen to the music.
My grades were worse than bad. My mom and stepdad were at their wits end with knowing what to do with me. So two weeks before Christmas during my junior year, my mom took the extreme measure of having me go and live with her brother (who was/is a preacher) in southern Ohio (just about 45 miles from Cincinnati in a little town called Jackson.
I went from a high school with over 3,500 to a school which included K thru 12 that only had about 200 students total. It was culture shock to say the least. Jackson, OH is not Orlando, FL.
That Christmas I spent with my Uncle was one of the lowest points of my life at the time. I had been removed from all of my family and friends. My Uncle and his wife felt sincerely bad for me.
But I made this decision that since no one knew me there at all, it gave me an opportunity to start over with a clean slate. So I decided to live for the faith that I had once professed to live for. I actually started reading God's Word.
I wasn't perfect, mind you. I still struggled with smoking from time to time. I had other issues that were struggles for me, but all in all, I was on track in my walk with Jesus again.
And it wasn't too long into my move to Jackson that I was introduced to another preacher in the same town who had a son that worked as the maintenance supervisor for a Bible Camp in northeast Ohio called Round Lake Christian Assembly. The preacher's name was Hoyt Allen, his son was Denny Allen. Hoyt asked me if I would be interested in a summer life guard position at the camp. I thought it sounded like a great idea.
So I made the drive up there with my Uncle and interviewed for the position. They told me I could have the job on one condition...that I got my hair cut. That was kind of a big deal to me. I had grown my hair at that time down past my shoulders. (Do me a favor and don't share that with my sons.)
So after finishing my junior year (and actually passing) I went to work as a life guard at the camp. While I was there, I noticed this pretty cook that was also there working her summer job. Her name was Shannon Curry. She had just finished her freshman year at Bible College and was working as a cook that summer.
Shannon and I struck up a sincere friendship (that was really nothing more than that). And then we both came back the next summer as well. It was that summer, the summer of 1989 that we both fell head-over-heels in love with each other.
And now, because I experienced discipline and was living my life away from God, I was taken far away (which I perceived to be the worst thing that could have ever happened to me) and it turned out to be the BEST thing that ever happened to me.
It is so easy for me to do that with my life backwards. I can look back and see the wonderful orchestration of my heavenly Father as He "meddles" with my life and puts me in circumstances where I will be drawn closer to Him. He truly is the great "Orchestrator" with our lives. The problem with us, though, is that we don't listen to the music.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Prayer Request
I have an Uncle in Seattle, WA who preaches at the Crown Hill Church of Christ. I went to live with him during my junior year of high school and graduated there (that's a post for another time). But he is definitely more like a brother to me than an uncle.
He is 46 years old and today he underwent quadruple bi-pass heart surgery. He is currently recovering in ICU and will be there for a full 24 hours before he can be moved into a normal room. I know that most of you reading this blog won't know him...but his name is Scott Sheridan.
Pray for him for me. Pray that he recovers. I would be forever grateful for your prayers.
He is 46 years old and today he underwent quadruple bi-pass heart surgery. He is currently recovering in ICU and will be there for a full 24 hours before he can be moved into a normal room. I know that most of you reading this blog won't know him...but his name is Scott Sheridan.
Pray for him for me. Pray that he recovers. I would be forever grateful for your prayers.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
So now what?
Okay, my guy didn't win. So what do I do now? The answer, nothing different. I will start praying for President-elect Obama (as the Scripture dictates that I should.) I will pray for his governing ability. I will pray for his family. I will pray for him to be a leader with integrity. I will pray that he seeks out wisdom from God and truly follows it.
But honestly, I prayed all those same things for George W. Bush. Not much changes for me. I will submit to the leadership of Obama over our nation and I will pray for him. That is the role that every follower of Jesus Christ needs to take.
But honestly, I prayed all those same things for George W. Bush. Not much changes for me. I will submit to the leadership of Obama over our nation and I will pray for him. That is the role that every follower of Jesus Christ needs to take.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
I voted!
Well, I went and voted today. I won't say who I voted for but the picture can tell you who I didn't vote for...
Monday, November 3, 2008
A Different Kind of Sermon
Yesterday I preached a message directly to my sons. It was a different kind of sermon for me. It was definitely emotional but straight from my heart. I really wanted my boys to understand there are some things that are just too important for them to miss. Here's the overview of what I shared:
1. I am learning as I go (at parenting).
2. Never settle when it comes to relationships.
A. You need to be priest (spiritual leader of your home).
B. You need to be protector (never compromise a woman in any situation).
C. You need to be provider (be a godly man and support your wife).
3. I love this church, but I love you more.
4. I will always love your mother.
5. God has a plan for your life.
6. Heaven is real, be there.
You can listen to the sermon HERE. Sometimes we have got to take whatever platform we can take and let our kids know the most important things in life. This past Sunday was one of those days.
1. I am learning as I go (at parenting).
2. Never settle when it comes to relationships.
A. You need to be priest (spiritual leader of your home).
B. You need to be protector (never compromise a woman in any situation).
C. You need to be provider (be a godly man and support your wife).
3. I love this church, but I love you more.
4. I will always love your mother.
5. God has a plan for your life.
6. Heaven is real, be there.
You can listen to the sermon HERE. Sometimes we have got to take whatever platform we can take and let our kids know the most important things in life. This past Sunday was one of those days.
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