Shepherding Saturday

Catagory for Posts about how Christian principles impact living. This category will contain both ethical topics and biblical counseling topics. These topics help guide Christians in living everyday to the glory of Christ Jesus.

April 10, 2014

Experiencing Joy Among God’s Flock

A few weeks ago I shared an article that detailed several prayer requests that a congregation can pray for her pastor. With that in mind, it seems appropriate to offer pastors several prayer requests pray for the congregation among whom our Lord has given you to serve (1 Peter 5:2). Don’t forget pastor, that you
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March 26, 2014

When Tears Fall in the Pastorate…

In the recent weeks, I have experienced a great burden as I have watched on the sidelines as three pastors in our association have resigned their churches. For various reasons, these pastors found that they could no longer serve in the capacities to which they once felt so strongly called to serve. Even though I
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February 5, 2014

How Should Christians Say Hello? (Part 2)

To read Part One of this series click here. The Reason for This Regard If Romans 12:16 affirms unity in Christ as the necessary means from which believers learn to regard others enough to greet them, Romans 15:7 speaks to the reason that one believer should welcome another believer. After pointing out in Chapter thirteen
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January 28, 2014

How Should Christians Say Hello?

Introduction: No Time for Greeting? Imagine an ordinary Sunday morning. The congregation gathers as it normally does. As the pastor makes his way around to greet members who have arrived early one older member grabs his hand and pulls him in close so no one else can here. “Pastor, I
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January 21, 2014

TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO: BIBLICAL COUNSEL FOR ADD (Part 4)

As I got ready to upload a few new posts, I realized that this last part of my ADD paper never made it onto the blog. Many apologies. To read the prior articles click on these links: TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO: BIBLICAL COUNSEL FOR ADD TRAIN UP A CHILD
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December 19, 2013

BIBLICAL COUNSEL FOR THOSE HAVING A BLUE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR

Being an Elvis fan, I can’t tell you the number of times that I have listened to his most famous Christmas song, Blue Christmas. While Elvis pines in the song for the company of a lost girlfriend, I’m sure that many during This season have a blue Christmas for different reasons. Those facing the Christmas
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March 10, 2009

True Morality Takes a Back Seat

Obama Signs Order Lifting Restrictions on Stem Cell Research Funding – First 100 Days of Presidency – Politics FOXNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/09/obama-lift-restrictions-stem-cell-research-funding/ Screen clipping taken: 3/10/2009, 5:33 AM As I read the quote above this morning I found myself taken aback at the recklessness of the president’s thinking on this issue. As I see it there are
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