Fairdale Pastor’s Blog:

No Servant is Greater than his Master

  • “what will happen to him?”

    I recently read a powerful quote! Perhaps we need to reverse the question. The first question that the priest …and the Levite asked was: “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” But the Good Samaritan … reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man, what will…

  • “Sometime in your life, hope that you might…”

    I recently began reading K.P. Yohannan’s book No Longer a Slumdog. God has already used this book greatly to stir my soul. The ministry Gospel for Asia is giving the book away for free.  You can click here to get the book for free. Chapter one of the book begins with this great quote from Daniel Berrigan: “Sometime in…

  • Sledding in the snow

    Valeria and I took our children out to play in the snow. Tom Wallace park in Jefferson Memorial Forest (The lake in the background was frozen over. We were able to walk out on it.) located right here in Fairdale is an awesome place to go sledding. As these videos show, They loved it!  …

  • “the parade example of this phenomenon…”

    Sunday I preached our 2nd sermon in the series through Exodus. You can listen to that sermon here. It was on the blessing of God in oppression. Here is a fantastic quote from Douglas Stuart that I referenced in the sermon: “In a fallen world, the blessings of God are often so in conflict with…

  • how to approach being the new pastor at an older church

    A few months back, I was interviewed about what advice I would give to a new younger pastor who is beginning to lead at an older established church. (I enjoyed this assignment because it deals with real life.) They specifically asked me to give 5 steps that I would take. (For the record, this situation…

  • Spending Christmas in Belgium

    One of our college student’s at FBC Fairdale, Drew Dillman, is spending his Christmas in Belgium, Europe competing in Cyclocross. He was asked by www.cyclingnews.com to write a blog post about his experience with this trip over the holidays. Click this link to read Drew’s encouraging article. You can also follow Drew on twitter at…

  • Do not be deceived

    Deception is such a scary and dangerous thing. It is possible to think you are right and be very wrong. According to Dictionary.com, to deceive means to mislead by a false appearance or statement. Deception is the act of deceiving. There are many ways that we can be deceived. We deceive ourselves, and we are deceived by people. There are 4 places in…

  • “When you sit in your house” (a family advent Christmas post)

    In Deuteronomy 6, Moses tells God’s people to teach their children about God “When you sit in your house.” That is a loaded statement for times have changed quite a bit. Do parents and children “sit” in their house together anymore? If so, do they do it with the TV turned off?  And if the…

  • Campus Involvement in Student Ministry

    I recently was asked to come speak to a college class (in the Youth Ministry department) about being involved on the school campuses near our church. In other words, they wanted to know how did I and how do I approach getting into and being at the middle schools and high schools in our area.…

  • Kevin DeYoung’s book “Crazy Busy”

    Kevin DeYoung, with his newest book Crazy Busy, has hit a homerun! Being busy is not even worth mentioning anymore. Most people these days are busy. Many people are way too busy. Perhaps worst of all, even more people tell you they are busy. Its a problem! Its a big problem, and it really seems to have…