Monthly Archives: March 2015

• In the Name of Grace

  Posted on March 23, 2015 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    It was at a CCEF conference on “Sex Matters” that I heard a speaker give one of the most perceptive approaches to celibacy in singleness that I had heard to date. She said two things that struck me. One, she said we often look at singleness as a problem to be solved rather than […]

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• Wordless Witness

  Posted on March 16, 2015 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    Children at my church made a “wordless” gospel bracelet as a project. It consisted of five beads threaded onto a suede strap and tied off to make a bracelet. The beads were different colors, organized to tell a story. BLACK – All have sinned RED – Jesus’ died for sinners WHITE – Jesus washes […]

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• My Funeral is Back On

  Posted on March 2, 2015 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

    I’ve heard pastors say that if people really knew what was in their hearts, they would not want them as their pastor. I can attest that pastors sin with the best of them. Lust and greed and envy and all sorts of sin roam dangerously in their hearts. Pastors don’t minister on the basis […]

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