The mission statement of CrossHope Chapel is very simple: “To love God and make His love known.” If you think of it, it is the love for God that distinguishes the believer from the unbeliever, the saved from the unsaved, and the biblical Christian from the worldly pursuers of unrighteousness. Jesus said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37). On … Continue reading →
Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, had an employee policy that said every Walmart employee was required to verbally acknowledge every customer within a 10 foot distance of the employee, whether the employee was standing still or walking somewhere. The founder knew the endearing influence of his employees upon the customers of his Walmart stores for growing his business. Long after Sam Walton died this policy was still posted as part of a multi-point customer … Continue reading →
I just read an article titled “Christianity Promises Suffering and Persecution: Here’s How to Prepare.” The author Zane Pratt, of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board, states that we “need to include the subject of suffering well in our immediate follow-up with new believers” and he gives eight biblical points which I want to pass on… “Followers of Jesus should not be surprised or caught off guard by suffering (1 Peter 4:12). They need … Continue reading →