Character

Someone has said, “The unsoundness of a vessel is not seen when it is empty; but when it is filled with water.” This is when you will see if it will leak or not.

Some of today’s great college athletes never fulfill their potential. Though exceptionally talented, they fail to succeed in both sport and life. This is because their talent took them to a place where their character could not sustain them.

My son came to me the other day and said, with a slight whine in his voice, “Dad, can you make church not so long tonight?”

I salute every man involved in Baptist church planting across America today. We need churches with that youthful feel and that fire for the Lord that sometimes older churches lose.

Have you ever wondered what skills are necessary to be successful in an office? Do you wonder if you have what it takes to “make it?”

If church planting were easy, everybody would be doing it. While church planting is not rocket science, it is a lot of old-fashioned hard work.

Lot’s message to his sons-in-law was clear and urgent. “Up! Get you out of this place: for the Lord will destroy this city.” His message, however, was not compelling because the messenger was corrupt.