Author Archives: sdgale
-
Foundations
Posted on April 15, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Foundations -
Kingdom Confidence
Posted on April 12, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Why do you think Jesus talks so much about sin and righteousness and judgment? Why can’t He be more like those soothing, encouraging, reassuring pep-talk preachers? Look at the Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew 7, our Lord tells us we can recognize a tree by its fruits. A good tree will produce good […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Kingdom Confidence -
The Weapon of Prayer
Posted on April 8, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.(excerpt from Warfare Witness: Contending with Spiritual Opposition in Everyday Evangelism, Chapter 7, “The Weapon of Prayer”) Seeing how God acts in daily existence helps us to see the place of prayer. God works in two ways, immediately and mediately. When He acts immediately, God directly acts to do something. For example, when Jesus […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on The Weapon of Prayer -
Pray Unto Others
Posted on April 5, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I am a big proponent of praying specifically. As a pastor praying for the sheep Christ has entrusted to me, I don’t just pray, “Lord, bless everybody.” No, in the model of the Good Shepherd who knows His Sheep, I pray in keeping with my knowledge of them—their joys, their sorrows, their needs, their […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Pray Unto Others -
Reaping the Spoils of Trial
Posted on April 1, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Excerpt from The Prayer of Jehoshaphat: Seeing Beyond Life’s Storms (Stanley D. Gale, P&R Publishing, 2007) Growing up at the beach, I witnessed many severe storms. Often during a hurricane or nor’easter, I would walk down to the shore and take in the fury of the gray, white-capped, swelling, surging ocean. Sometimes the water […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Reaping the Spoils of Trial -
Casual Prayer
Posted on March 29, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I read an article on prayer recently that I greatly appreciated. The author made prayer real and relevant. He brought typical conceptions down from their lofty perch to the uneven terrain of ordinary life. Like the Great Commission of our Lord in Matthew 28 that maps out the course of our evangelism, this writer […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Casual Prayer -
Casual Prayer
Posted on March 29, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I read an article on prayer recently that I greatly appreciated. The author made prayer real and relevant. He brought typical conceptions down from their lofty perch to the uneven terrain of ordinary life. Like the Great Commission of our Lord in Matthew 28 that maps out the course of our evangelism, this writer […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Casual Prayer -
Prayer as First Responder
Posted on March 25, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Sometimes the title says it all. In my teaching on evangelism, I’ve often referred to a book by Ron Johnson entitled, How Will They Hear If We Don’t Listen? Typically we think of evangelism as talking. Technically it is. But we want to talk with people, not at them. We want to enter their […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Prayer as First Responder -
The Road Less Taken
Posted on March 22, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Have you ever seen those “Coexist” bumper stickers? They are quite clever. The designer included various symbols of world religions to spell the word “coexist.” A crescent moon representing Islam forms the letter C Lines within the O make it a peace sign E has the symbols for male and female attached to it, […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on The Road Less Taken -
Teaching Kids to Pray
Posted on March 18, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.My congregation is embarking on growing as a house of prayer. We’ve studied the subject and concluded it involves more than having a prayer meeting. It encompasses establishing a culture of prayer. Toward that end I am holding our first Prayer Training Module during the spring quarter of our Christian Education Hour. I plan […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Teaching Kids to Pray
Our Posts
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « May | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
CHOP Ministry Manual
Click here to view all of Dr. Stan Gale's books.