Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance….a better resurrection…of whom the world was not worthy (Heb 11:35-39).
I recently had a conversation with some friends about a Read More…
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What Will Your Legacy Be? by Kenneth Yates
New Changes
What are your expectations? Do you have high expectations or low expectations? Are you someone who expects everything to go a certain way? Or Are you someone who just ‘goes with the flow’? No matter which side you find yourself, I think we all have certain expectations out of life. When events Read More…
Get Real with Yourself?
Today as I did my daily devotion, I was reading in 2nd Corinthians, and Paul reminded me that the things that are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. As followers of Christ, Paul tells us that we live in temporary housing, but that we have a building from God which is eternal in Heaven. Because of what Christ has done for us, we can have confidence to walk by Read More…
Reading the Psalms by Kenneth Yates
https://faithalone.org/blog/reading-the-psalms/
I have a confession to make. Many times when I read the Psalms I get frustrated because I don’t know the background of a particular Psalm. Many times, I am not even sure who wrote it.
So, I love it when I read a Psalm and see that the Read more…
“A Real Conversation About Race and the Church” presented by Sandals Church
Click link below to watch “A Real Conversation About Race and the Church” presented On Sunday July 17, 2016 where Pastor Matt from Sandals Church in Riverside California was joined by a diverse panel of pastors and law enforcement leaders for a real, public conversation about race and the church.
⇒A Real Conversation About Race and the Church⇐
“The recent events in Baton Rouge, St. Paul and Dallas have resurfaced a history of hurt and division in our nation and caused every single one of us to consider the state of race relations in America. It is easy to be divided when it seems as though no one is listening.
So how should we respond? Honestly, we don’t know.
What we do know is that the church is called to be a place and a people of healing, community and hope.
It’s not easy to come up with one response to the events that have taken place in America over the last week, and while it may not be our place to provide a solution, we can provide a space for a conversation.
On Sunday, July 17, 2016 Pastor Matt was joined by a diverse panel of pastors and law enforcement leaders for a real, public conversation about race and the church”.
What Standards Should a Pastor live by?
Below is an essay I wrote on John Chrysostom in 2014 when I was in school at California Baptist University. My main research is based off a book by Andrew Purves, Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition. As I read through my essay again, I found it to be of great inspiration and Read More…
Johnathan L Baker 