Wellington Church of Christ

As the season is changing, are you?  Whether we realize it or recognize it, we’re constantly changing, physically that is, but not necessarily spiritually.

Has this new sermon series stirred anything within you that has caused and spiritual changes?

Years ago, I used to meet a group of guys at six every Saturday morning to play golf.  I didn’t have any children in those days.  I can barely remember life before children…

There are two big inspirations that I draw from funeral services.  I either leave the service inspired by the person’s lack of accomplishments in life – and I leave wanting to do better, or I leave the service inspired by the person’s accomplishments in life, and I leave wanting to do similarly.

I recently became enamored with a new song.  It’s a folk song.  Those style of songs are the ones I have most naturally gravitated towards in the last ten years or so. When I find a new song that I like, I listen to it to absolute death.

In the newest song I like, there’s a really neat, meaningful word progression. The singer is reflecting back on his life and begins with the phrase:

One of my regular, favorite practices is to read great quotes from my heroes in the faith. 

Here’s some quotes by “The Prince of Preachers,” Charles Haddon Spurgeon, on various topics, in no particular order- Enjoy!

The dictionary defines stereotype as: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

How do stereotypes come about?  They are typically the result of a singular experience.  For instance, my first experience with a person from the country of Honduras wasn’t great.  It was a grumpy person at the Honduras airport.

One of my hobby horses is to preach that we are saved for the purpose of doing good works.  That it’s not good works that save us, but rather, that we have been saved FOR good works.

I’ve said it so often that even I recognize that I say it often, which, believe me, is saying something because I typically retell stories because I can’t remember that I’ve told them already.

Praise the Lord for a wonderful VBS this year.  We exceeded our number of children from last year with our biggest night having 74 children in attendance.

In addition to the 74 children, we also had 46 adults for a total of 120.

When it comes to following Jesus, sometimes all we can see before our eyes is obstacles.  If this is your experience, don’t be discouraged, it’s the experience of all who have desired to follow Him.

There have been many times in my own life that I’ve wanted to be more involved with the activities of the church in my personal pursuit of following Christ, but it seemed that everywhere I turned, there was only more and more complications.

There are few things in life as satisfying as finding a great shortcut.  We enjoy shortcuts so much, we try to find them for everything possible.

With things like driving and cooking, shortcuts can be great, but are they great for everything?  No. As a matter of fact, they’re not.

Shortcuts are great for things that are not personal or too complex.  When it comes to matters of the heart, or complex challenges, there are no shortcuts to meaningful solutions.