Fishers of men I never was much of a fisherman, in fact, I would consider myself a poor fisherman. When you don’t ever catch anything, you soon reach this conclusion. Jesus, most likely would not have chosen me to be one of his 12 disciples as I would not have been out there in the […]
No Greater Love John 15 in total is one of the most revealing, instructional, personal chapters in the New Testament. It is known as the ‘vine and branch’ text. They are all words of Jesus to his disciples. He demonstrates how we can produce fruit, more fruit and much fruit in our lives. Simply by […]
Stone of help In I Samuel 7.12, it is recorded that after God provided a great victory over the Philistines, Samuel took a stone and set it upright and he named it Ebenezer, “the Lord has helped us to this point.” Ebenezer primarily means ‘stone of help’. Why would Samuel have been led to do […]
God’s glory My friend John Maisel is continually reminding me and many others to not mess with God’s glory. Yes, Paul said it another way while addressing the Corinthians. Glories can also be translated as ‘boasts’. Whatever you may have accomplished in your lifetime, it pales in comparison to Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Everything […]
The comeback While working out at the Aerobics Center this past week, I noticed a young girl working with her trainer. I was intrigued by the message on the back of her T-shirt. It said: ‘The comeback is always better than the setback’. Wow, that preaches! All of us have experienced trials and setbacks in […]
Building God’s Kingdom In this week’s Zoom Dad Talk with numerous Chinese men, an interesting question was posed. ‘Most Chinese men work 12 or more hours per day, so Bill, how can they abide in their family and be available and present with them?’ How would you answer that? I admit I had to pause a moment […]
Disciple Never before in my lifetime have I seen such a need for dads and moms to step up to the plate and disciple their children. Society at large is out of control. Kids are self-destructing and harming others as well. I truly believe God’s wisdom is not being used and taught in most homes, […]
Chosen Joanne and I were guests at the Christmas East-West Ministries luncheon last week. They were interviewing the creator and director of the film series, “Chosen”. This followed the reports of the millions of people who had trusted Christ this past year across the world through their ministry. And the thousands of new churches that […]
Scarring About a month ago, I was diagnosed with A Fib heart flutter. I had fainted, had a high and erratic heartbeat. This led me to have a heart ablation procedure last week to get my heart back into rhythm. The cardiologist explained that he would be creating scar tissue on a certain part of […]
Blessings Today at church a man walked up to me as we were entering the sanctuary. John was one of the first men to complete the training of Abiding Fathers at our church six years ago. He began to tell me how impactful the series had been to him. He said that the chapter on […]