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I Timothy 6:1-2 If I had to pinpoint the main issue I have had with bosses over the years, I think I would have to say "entitlement". ...

Wrapping It Up

I Timothy 5:21-25 If you think back to all that we have discussed in I Timothy, there has been a lot of ground covered. If we looked at...

Pastoral Elders

I Timothy 5:17-20 This passage is one of the hardest for pastors to teach on. It is not difficult because of the content. It is...

Young Widows In The Church

I Timothy 5:11-16 There is an innate desire within most people to have a family of their own. Sometimes, because we live in a sin-cursed...

Widows In The Church

I Timothy 5:3-8 I must confess, some of my favorite people in the churches I have been in have always been the widows. It wasn't because...

Youth In The Church

I Timothy 5:1-2 When I worked at the prison, we used 10 codes. Most everyone knows 10-4. Another one we used frequently was...

Elders In The Church

I Timothy 5:1-2 At the first church I pastored, there was a retired pastor in the congregation. I thought that he was going to be a...

Gifts From God

I Timothy 4:14-16 One of my students asked me this week, "Coach Ray, when did you know you wanted to be a teacher?" I responded, "When I...

Respect Me

I Timothy 4:12-13 Isn't it annoying to deal with someone who demands respect in a disrespectful way! Now, let's be honest, how many of...

Working Out

I Timothy 4:7-11 I will probably get unfollowed for this, but I am not running for pizza. Sorry, I am not a big fan. I will eat it, but...

Context

Jeremiah 29:11-13 There are not many days that I leave work ready to throw the towel in, but yesterday was one of those days. If I told...

Fads and False Religions

I Timothy 4:1-6 If you look at most of the ideologies pushed by popular culture today, they are evil. Many do not appear so on the...

Why We Do What We Do

I Timothy 3:14-16 Have you ever lost perspective of why you are doing a task? A person can be busy about the most noble of tasks, and if...

Deacons

I Timothy 3:8-13 Do you ever wonder why the preacher's kids are so bad? It is because they play with the deacon's kids. LOL I never...

The Office of Pastor (final part)

I Timothy 3:1-7 John Newton's mother died when he was just seven years old. His father, a ship captain remarried, but religion was not...

The office of Pastor (part 4)

I Timothy 3:1-7 I have known several pastors over the years whose wives ruined their ministry. Some of them are no longer in the...

The Office of Pastor (part 3)

I Timothy 3:1-7 I can remember as a teen getting angry. There were times when I was expressing that anger through arguing and yelling,...

The Office of Pastor (part 2)

I Timothy 3:1-7 There is not much that makes me cringe more than when a preacher gets caught in some kind of scandal. Even when it is...

The Office of Pastor (part 1)

I Timothy 3:1-7 I'm going to begin this with a rather blunt statement; your opinion of what a pastor should be does not matter, and...

Gender Roles In The Church

I Timothy 2:8-15 Have you ever wondered why our world is so busy trying to make men into women and women into men? Their arguments are...

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Why “From the North”?

What You Need to Know

Two verses inspire the title. First, Job 37:22 “Fair weather cometh out of the north:with God is terrible majesty”. Also, Proverbs 25:23 “The north wind driveth away rain:so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue”. In both verses, the wind from the North brings good weather.  As I pastor Northside Baptist Church, that is exactly what we want to do with this blog.  The words (wind) that leave our mouths should bring peace and hope for the day ahead.  As we share the Word of God, specifically the Gospel, our desire is to share the beautiful hope of a peaceful eternity to come when faith is placed in our Savior.  

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