by Ron Ethridge | Church, Uncategorized
This is the oral manuscript I delivered last Sunday to a congregation I’m encouraging in their pastor search process, so please take into consideration this is what I take into the pulpit and not written for publication. It is written in a manner to keep me on...
by Ron Ethridge | Church, Uncategorized
This is part 2 in a series. Part one is found HERE. Search Team Commissioning Service I am glad your search team has requested a commissioning service before they actively begin looking for the man GOD has chosen to be your pastor. What they are saying is they cannot...
by Ron Ethridge | Uncategorized
I am tired of all those who complain, gripe, mumble, or whine. After all, it is written in the Scripture… Phil 2:14 Do everything without complaining or arguing (NIV), Do all things without grumbling or questioning (ESV), Do all things without grumbling or...
by Ron Ethridge | Uncategorized
Who has hurt you or wounded you? A Deacon(s)? An opinion leader at a church? Boss? Ex-spouse? Church staff member? Who…? Phil 3:13 One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize...
by Ron Ethridge | Church, Discipleship, Theology, Uncategorized
Many suggest the following quote came from Puritan Richard Baxter: In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity. In discussions I’ve had with doubters, one of the objections they bring up is why are there so many different...
by Ron Ethridge | Uncategorized
Jesus said, “Greater love has no man than this, that they lay down his life for his friend” (John 15:13). I don’t know all the background to this story, but you will be moved. God bless her. Mom Makes Ultimate...
