by Brad Pauquette | Jan 15, 2021 | Brad's Thoughts, Christianity
Let me tell you a brief story. In the early days of the Christian Church, the first two hundred or so years after the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, the Church grew rapidly. Large numbers of believers were added to the faith. As it ballooned in...
by Brad Pauquette | Sep 9, 2020 | Brad's Thoughts, Christian Unity, Christianity
When you step out in ministry, haters will find you. That’s how satan works. Satan has limited resources. I don’t know that he’s overly concerned with complacent Christians. But when you begin to step out and take risks for the Lord, satan will show up. One of my...
by Brad Pauquette | May 16, 2020 | Christian Unity, Christianity, Media
Are we, as Christians, perpetuating our own negative stereotypes? The other day I was writing a grant for something, and I started to write “We are a Christian faith-based organization, but we are committed to serving all members of the local community, regardless of...
by Brad Pauquette | Dec 24, 2019 | Bible Discussion, Brad's Thoughts, Christianity
In the time of Jesus’s birth, Herod was the Roman-appointed king over Judea. Herod had surely heard the legends of the once-great Jewish kingdom of David and Solomon. He undoubtedly knew, somewhere in the back of his mind, of the myth of a great and eternal...
by Brad Pauquette | Nov 27, 2019 | Bible Discussion, Brad's Thoughts, Christianity
Happy Thanksgiving! Sometime in the next week, you’ll undoubtedly see 1 Thessalonians 5:18 pop up somewhere: “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” What a beautiful verse. But wait, there’s more! In this case, the verse...
by Brad Pauquette | Jul 17, 2019 | Brad's Thoughts, Christian Unity, Christianity
Two Christian men bitterly disagreed on some finer theological point. When they both died and went to heaven, they discovered that one of them was right and the other wrong. But as they bask side-by-side in the unadulterated glory of Jesus, neither one of them seems...
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