The Pastor's Perspective

 A professor of theology once asked his students to get a sheet of paper and divide the sheet into three columns.  In the first column they were to write every passage where Christ is spoken of as God-Man; in the second column they were to write all the passages where Christ is spoken of as God alone; and in the third, all the passages where Christ is spoken of as man alone. The professor told the students that they needed to have this paper finished when they came back to class the following week.  So the students throughout  the weekend started rifling through the New Testament trying to find these different references for Jesus. The students found that first and second columns filled right up, but as to the third column, the one where Christ was mentioned as man alone, it remained blank. This was true for every single student. No one could find a single passage that even alluded to Christ being man alone.  So the students were a bit worried as they came into ...

       Since the early 1900's when Psychology was in its infancy. Psychologists had sought ways to try to test for intelligence. This had led to a number of different tests and methods.      In 1905 the Binet-Simon was the first to formalize a test for intelligence in children. Since that time there have been a variety of tests developed.      When I was in school I had been tested many times for my dyslexia and dyscalculia (a learning disability with reading and math).      Students today have to take a series of test that are designed to test where they are academically. High school students must take either the ACT or SAT. In order to join the military every, you will have to go through a series of test, one of which is the ASFAB.       When we talk about God and as we study the bible one of the things we can see is that God is in fact in intellectual being. God is in fact knowledgeable.   ...

 I am excited for this Thursday night. Me and my wife will be going to a red carpet showing of "This is Our Story",a project of EIU that will highlight several stories about Ashmore, Oakland, and Kansas. If you would like more information on this project and watch it when it comes on the air check out this link . As I was thinking about this project and looking forward to seeing the finished product. I thought about how everyone really enjoys stories. This is something that I have learned in the past several years and something that I have added to my ministry/ preaching. Most of Jesus teaching ministry was focused on telling stories. In fact the vast majority of the bible is story after story, many of which have stood the test of time.  The reason this is the case is because stories connect us together. Stories speak to us, we relate to them on a personal level. The stories we hear and love relate to us because it speaks to our common problems, or our common loves, or hopes ...

I ran across an article the other day that showed several movies that people thought would be a flop but really turned out to be a fantastic movie after all.  I thought the article was interesting because many of the movies that were listed are some of my favorite movies I like to watch. If you want to read the article your self just follow this   link . As I thought about this article it got me thinking about how sometimes we can be so quick to judge something before we even look into it our selves. We seem to be so quick to believe the worst in people, before hearing them out first. So quick to jump to conclusions before ever getting to the truth or getting all of the facts. Look at what the Bible says about this:  “He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. ”-(Prov 18:13) I don't know about you but I can safely say that I have experienced that passage more times than I would like to admit. So many times in my life I had mad a rash ...