You’ve been to college—maybe even seminary. You’ve been graduated, certified, ordained and commissioned with every credential in order, and, in time you have been or you will be culled and called to serve. On your resume there is nothing lacking, nothing sparing. You literally “fit the bill” and by every conceivable canon you are fully equipped and readyContinue reading “Broken”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
Are You a Mature Believer?
Three questions every person would do well to ask one’s self are: (1) Am I a Christian? (2) Am I a spiritual Christian? (3) Am I a mature Christian? Where are you in your pilgrimage from here to eternity? How did you answer those basic questions? Consider then: a Christian is a person who isContinue reading “Are You a Mature Believer?”
The Preacher and His Preaching
Like most, I suppose, of those who will read these lines, I can say that I love preaching. I loved preaching before I was called of God to preach. As a child not yet ten years of age, I wanted to sit as close to the front of the church as possible so that I could hearContinue reading “The Preacher and His Preaching”
What To Do About Slow Bellies
You may be wondering if you’ve read the title whether this post will be about a diet or a matter related to physical health. Right up front, let me relieve you of that concern. This post, though, will address a very important subject, one that the Apostle Paul wrote of when penning an epistle to his sonContinue reading “What To Do About Slow Bellies”
Mighty Man of Valour
What man would not like to be addressed by a personal envoy of God (or by God Himself) as a “mighty man of valour?” (Or woman as a “mighty woman of valor”?) We only find that designation once in Holy writ, ascribed to a young Israelite of the tribe of Manasseh who, when the visitor from heavenContinue reading “Mighty Man of Valour”
Sweet Land of Liberty!
He was born October 21, 1808, in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended the first public school in America, the Boston Latin School. He was a good student and became proficient in foreign languages, becoming eventually a translator and thereby earning money to pay for his Harvard college education. Called to the ministry, he would enter Andover TheologicalContinue reading “Sweet Land of Liberty!”
The Mystery of Iniquity
The Scriptures are replete with mysteries. A Biblical mystery is some truth that is knowable only by special revelation or illumination from a supernatural source; in this case, from God through His Spirit by His Word. Mysteries include the mysteries of which Jesus spoke when, in Matthew 13, he related a series of parables HeContinue reading “The Mystery of Iniquity”
When Jesus Groaned
Jesus, in His dying hour, cried out “I thirst.” (John. 19:28) And, in another hour of darkness, having fasted 40 days and 40 nights, tempted of the Devil, it was said of the God man that He was hungry. (Matt. 4:2) Reading through the gospel accounts of the life and labors of God who hadContinue reading “When Jesus Groaned”
Life in a Glass House
My children experienced something I never experienced—that is, growing up in a manse: they were part of that often wonderful, and always special and unique group of individuals known as “pks” or “mks”—preachers’ or missionaries’ kids! Being a pastor and having a family is a two-fold privilege, but the combination of the two is notContinue reading “Life in a Glass House”
As the Hart Panteth…
If you read “You and God” regularly, you know that it is usually Tuesday and Thursday that it will show up in your inbox; but on this Father’s Day 2021 my heart is telling me to share with those who read these posts some reflections about a grandson whose absence from our family gathering today,Continue reading “As the Hart Panteth…”
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