September 2011
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A Book My Father Recently Recommended to Me... →
Sep 1st
August 2011
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What My Father Says About The Gospel...
My father says, “the Gospel means “good news.” If it isn’t good news, it’s not the Gospel.” Pastor Charles Simpson says the Lord told us “feed My sheep,” not “beat my sheep.” :) “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John...
Aug 27th
My Father Will Be Speaking At Door of...
Portland friends!  My father will be speaking at Door of Hope on September 4th at 6pm.  I know many of you may be making your Labor Day weekend plans, so just giving you a heads-up.  I hope to see you all there! For more information, please go to the Door of Hope website:  http://www.doorofhopepdx.org/ Here is an older photo I have of my father from December 1981 when he was a Pastor at our...
Aug 24th
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What My Father Says about Depression...
My father says, “if you are depressed, find someone more depressed than yourself and serve them.”  I can tell you from personal experience, it is encouraging to help others in their time of need.  It will lift your own spirits in your time of trial.  Many of us have things that bring us down in life, but if we stay focused on our problems that is all we will see.  If you look up and...
Aug 17th
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My Father Says Faith is a Vehicle...
I was reading Philippians the other day and was struck by a certain passage that I want to share with you… “Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law,...
Aug 3rd
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