Tag Archives: Church

In God We Trust

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Joe Chambers

O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth. We … Continue reading →

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The Sea Takes the Rest

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Joe Chambers

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way. Isaiah 53:6 A man is thinking about leaving his wife because she is difficult. He is correct. She is a very harsh woman. But we pray … Continue reading →

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Pastor, It’s Not Your Church

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Joe Chambers

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:2 When I was in 4th grade, our family lived in the Wet Mountain Valley. … Continue reading →

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Restorative Love

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Joe Chambers

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. – Saint Paul Every congregation is a congregation of sinners. As if that weren’t bad enough, they all have sinners for pastors. – Eugene Peterson … Continue reading →

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Exclusion or Embrace?

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Joe Chambers

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. – … Continue reading →

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Apples of Gold

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Joe Chambers

I am writing two blogs at the same time about how a pastor should treat their church and how a church might treat her pastor. You read the other one by clicking here. A word fitly spoken is like apples … Continue reading →

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The Priceless Bride

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Joe Chambers

I am writing two blogs at the same time about how a pastor should treat their church and how the church might treat her pastor. You read the other one by clicking here. …show her honor as a fellow heir … Continue reading →

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For Crying Out Loud!

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Joe Chambers

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. ~ Saint Paul Often folks who come to church irritate me. You know … Continue reading →

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These Boots are Made for Preaching

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Joe Chambers

“Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” Revelation 21:9 Ellsworth looked down at my feet after hearing me preach for the first time and said, “A man who isn’t afraid to wear cowboy boots in the pulpit … Continue reading →

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The Hunted

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Joe Chambers

…suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice… Acts 9:3,4 The life of Francis Thompson was a downward spiral that landed him on the streets of nineteenth-century London—a useless vagabond, an … Continue reading →

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