Dave and Kim Butts lead Harvest Prayer Ministries. Through the years, I have learned a great deal from both of them – through attending conferences where they speak and through reading their books. One of the things that can be very difficult is to actually, completely surrender a burden or burdens to the Lord. In… [Read More…]
What Will Your Influence Be?
We all hope that our response to adversity will influence others for Christ. Now going viral is the testimony of an Italian physician who was taking care of the dying. He came under the influence of a 75-year-old dying priest who was being the hands and feet of Jesus until his dying breath. Obviously, the… [Read More…]
Palm Sunday
In Luke 19, Jesus sent two of his disciples ahead. He told them that in the village ahead of them they would find a colt tied there which had never been ridden. The disciples were to bring it to him to ride into Jerusalem at the Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday. If the owner asked why they were… [Read More…]
Physical Distancing vs. Social Distancing
I wanted to share with you a timely message from my friend, Todd Marrah, Superintendent of Tree of Life Christian Schools. Todd put into words very eloquently how we should be approaching our interactions with others during this unique time. I hope you find these words as helpful as I did. Matthew 8:3 Jesus reached… [Read More…]
New Ministry Paradigm
In 2005, the Ministry Staff and Elders of Madison Christian Church met in a conference room for frank discussions about the future and direction of the church. The conclusion that we came to was that we needed to shift the paradigm. We determined that we were becoming an increasingly inwardly-focused church. We concluded that this… [Read More…]
Coronavirus – Another View
As you would expect us to, we are monitoring information regarding the Covid-19 virus and its impact on our people and the church. We take this seriously, and we will not put the health and safety of our people at risk. (You have probably noticed that we have amped up the availability of sanitizer, wipes,… [Read More…]
End-of Year Offering Distribution
Our hearts are filled with praise for the results of our end-of-year, “Your Best Gift” offering. As you know, our people generously provided over $51,700 in this offering. As promised, here is the accounting for how these funds will be distributed: Zimbabwe Well … [Read More…]
Like a Tree
This week we will be looking at Psalm 1. That Psalm is filled with rich illustrations of BOTH a like that is wasted and a life that God will bless. One of the lines of the Psalm describing the godly person that I love is: (Psalm 1:3) “He is like a tree planted by streams… [Read More…]
Use Them As Tools
There was a comment on the Madison Christian Church Facebook page from a member of our church who is a missionary serving in Tanzania. Her simple comment: “An APP, huh?” As I thought about it, the thing that amazed me about that comment was that a missionary serving 8,000 miles away in an eastern African… [Read More…]