Since the 1980s, I’ve been giving away copies of John Calvin’s “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life” (in modern translation) and I’m doing it again lately. I’ll tell you why below. If you’d like a copy, please let us know and we’ll get it to you. It’s not a dense theological booklet, but rather a pastoral work written out …
October 2018 Ministry Update (Ordinary Miracles)
Give us this day our daily bread. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. He gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.1 Jesus teaches us to pray to His Father, who is also our Father, asking Him to provide for daily needs of body and soul. We can only get good things from God (Father, Son, …
September 2018 Ministry Update (Prayer Items)
One prayer warrior told me, “The more you write, the more we pray.” I like that! Your prayers help us bring God’s word, by the Spirit’s blessing, to change people’s lives. You enable us to proclaim, explain, apply, and demonstrate Jesus’ love and eternal hope in word and deed. You help us serve many hurting people and I appreciate you! …
August 2018 Ministry Update (Prison Ministry)
Soon we begin another 36 week class on Authentic Manhood at Jester III Prison in Richmond, TX. This is the fifth time we have taught this class, each time with a new group of fifty or more men. In prison work and counseling in the free world, I often remind people of Proverbs 14:12—There is a way that appears to …
July 2018 Ministry Update (Police Chaplaincy)
This month I attended a training session for Houston Police Department’s (HPD) Police and Clergy Alliance (PACA). We heard again from Chief Art Acevedo and I ask you to pray for him and his team. See below for 5 Scriptures to Use in Praying for Police. Chief Acevedo leads a department of 5,200 sworn law enforcement officers and 1,200 civilian …
June 2018 Ministry Update (GIGO)
Christ and GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it….A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say and do flows from what is in your heart. (Proverbs 4:23; …
May 2018 Ministry Update (Missions Sunday)
Missions Sunday at Christ EPC Once again, we were blessed to have a table at the CEPC Missions Conference. We gave away lots of our class notes and articles, and books and booklets by other authors. Most items given away have a counseling, disciple-making, or evangelistic emphasis. Our goal was to give away materials for people to use in ministry …
April 2018 Ministry Update (Sunday School)
Dear Praying Friends and Supporters, As you know, I produce detailed Adult SS lessons at Christ EPC where I worship and teach each week. R.C. Sproul and Ligonier Ministries target an audience level between traditional Sunday school and seminary and that’s where I aim also. Many of you get consistently good teaching at your churches from good teachers. People in …
February 2018 Ministry Update (Prison Ministry)
Dear Praying Friends + Supporters, By God’s grace and help, we finished 2017 in the black! This is amazing because some long-time supporters are retired and getting by on lower income. The Lord brought us new sponsors and others dug deeper to help us more. It’s amazing also because most people we serve with teaching, counseling, and evangelism can’t or …
Christmas 2017 Ministry Update (Billy Joel)
Christ’s Incarnation Illustrated by Billy Joel Dear Praying Friends, William “Billy” Martin Joel is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He was born in the Bronx, New York, and raised on Long Island. He is the sixth best-selling recording artist in the United States and one of my favorites. On his daughter Alexa’s 12th birthday, she was in New York City, …