by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Discipleship, Missions, Reflections
Note: I recently made a ministry trip to Iceland by piggy-backing with a service mission group from another church. To say that our travel plans were turned upside down is an understatement! And this was BEFORE the computer crash Delta had. Anyway, what follows is...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Discipleship
“The truest test of who we are is what we do when we think no one is watching.” (Copied) What would happen if someone followed us for one week… 24/7… and discerned from our actions what Christianity was all about? Would they be drawn to...
by Ron Ethridge | Discipleship, Uncategorized
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5) That statement is upside down from this world’s wisdom. Meekness begins when we put our trust in God. Then, because we trust him, we commit our way to him. We roll onto him our...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Discipleship, Forgiveness
Imagine those in the Scripture who probably dealt with regrets… Adam for eating the forbidden fruit, Cane for killing Able, All those who didn’t heed Noah’s warning about the flood, David regarding adultery with Bathsheba and killing her husband,...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Current Issues, Discipleship, Evangelism
Ok… Maybe not exactly like Isaiah. But this couple did say, “Here (we) are, send (us)!” (Isaiah 6:8b, Paraphrased). Years ago I heard a minister say he knew many who moved to other cities for career advancement, but none had ever moved to expressly join a local...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Discipleship
(Phil 3:13-14) But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind & straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus… Our minds are wired by God in an interesting… & often burdensome…...
