by Steve Sheely | Jul 4, 2016 | Pastors Blog
A medical marijuana bill is on the ballot in Arkansas for the upcoming election. Apparently marijuana can help relieve the symptoms of a significant number of diseases. Anyone who has watched someone has a seizure will find it difficult to vote against this issue. Our...
by Steve Sheely | May 4, 2016 | Pastors Blog
I received a good bit of backlash on this column—and similar sermons. But having studied J. Richard Middleton’s A New Heaven and a New Earth, I stand by this position. However, I respect the afterlife each person has placed in their theological imaginations. Hope is a...
by Steve Sheely | Apr 4, 2016 | Pastors Blog, Special Services
(Easter 2016) This is embarrassing. Had I remembered I used Mr. Beaver’s quote in a 2010 column I would have chosen something else. But the quote is still important and I still like Mr. Beaver. Oh well. I love our National Parks. I’ve been to 14 of the 59 parks....
by Steve Sheely | Feb 4, 2016 | Pastors Blog
Talking about ‘designated Christians’ sounds like a pastor who doesn’t want to work hard. But I have always taken the approach that one of my main tasks is working myself out of a job, effectively equipping others to do what I do. When I was in high school, my...
by Steve Sheely | Dec 20, 2015 | Grieving Parents Support, Pastors Blog
For years we would drive past that spot only to discover that our handiwork was still evident. Did anyone else wonder why the blue spruce near the National Forest sign had the top six feet cut off of it? One Christmas when I was a child, I came home from school and...
by Steve Sheely | Oct 20, 2015 | Pastors Blog
The gospel we proclaim does not promise a lot of immediate benefit. As a matter of fact, we are inviting people to follow someone who was brutally tortured and publicly executed. Yet there are tremendous benefits to this new life, both now and forever. It is essential...
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