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Monthly Archives: November 2013
A Tip For Pastors – Sometimes Your Best Resource is a Motel Owner
If you’re like me, you get many calls from people seeking assistance. Sometimes they are looking for food, money, rides, or help paying for rent and electricity. The hardest part of this process is is figuring out if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Deacons, Pastoral Theology
Tagged advice, charity, con-artists, deacons, grifters, hacks, pastor, scammers, tips
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Christians, Don’t Become Your Own Minitrue!
In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the main character, Winston Smith, worked at a government organization called the Ministry of Truth (or “Minitrue” in the “Newspeak” of the novel.) Smith’s job was to revise history to fit the ever changing … Continue reading
Posted in Counseling, Friendship, Marriage, Sanctification
Tagged friendship, marriage, Orwell, sanctification, self-deception, truth
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Building Old School Churches 