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I Desire to Be a Pastor

by Brandon on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in Leadership

TweetPaul’s first epistle to Timothy is like a guidebook for structuring a local church, and it includes a handy guide for sizing up a potential Pastor. One of the points that jumps off the page at me is Paul’s statement, “if someone wants to be an elder, he desires a noble responsibility.” (1 Timothy 3:1 [...]

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The Pastoral Calling and Role

by Brandon on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 in Leadership

TweetI love being a Pastor. I’m passionate about preaching. I am humbled that God has called me to shepherd a flock of His choosing. And I especially love the fuel that fires me up – the Word of God and what it has to say about whom I am. One of my favorite passages on [...]

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Walking In the Confidence of God’s Calling

by Brandon on Sunday, October 4, 2009 in Sermons

TweetGideon is one of my favorite Bible heroes. In my wife’s Bible class curriculum, he’s known as “G. I. Deon!” I especially love the way he’s introduced… The way Gideon sees himself: Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.~Judges 6:11 His further questioning of God’s choice of him shows us [...]

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I Know My Purpose… Now What?

I Know My Purpose… Now What?

by Brandon on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 in Living, Sermons

TweetI have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I’m saved and secure. I’m on my way to heaven someday. But I still live here and I know that my purpose is to glorify Jesus Christ in all of the life that I have left. But how? A common plight Christians suffer is this wrestling between getting [...]

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The Endless Chase

by Brandon on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 in Living

TweetLife is a pursuit. That’s true for all of us – no escaping it. You chase something, you know it, and you can’t quit – that would be crazy. So what do we chase? Money Pleasure Popularity Success Peace Beauty Acceptance Love That list could probably go on for days. The endless chase, whatever it [...]

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