My life has been without much physical suffering; mental and emotional, plenty; but personally very little as I have visited the sick and suffering for half a century as any pastor who loves his flock would do, offering prayers and support and encouraging words as long as was possible, then comforting their loved ones whenContinue reading “Shaken Saint Syndrome“
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
“Will You Also Go Away?”
“Burn out, zone out, cop out, drop out” are expressions not unfamiliar to us as they describe a psychological, sociological or spiritual phenomenon not new to the 21st century. We are living in a stress-ridden world and the toll that stress takes upon today’s citizenry seems to increase, multiply or magnify with each passing currentContinue reading ““Will You Also Go Away?””
A Major Baptist Doctrine
A preacher once attended a big convention and heard a message in which the speaker used the word “procrastination” several times. So fascinated by the word, a new word to the novice, he determined then and there to use it in one of his upcoming sermons. He did just that, incorporating the word “procrastination” threeContinue reading “A Major Baptist Doctrine”
To My VELLENTINE
My dearest Ellen, on this day, I want to come to you to say; My love for you will falter never, I’ll love you always, dearest, ever! It was a day so long ago, To my delight I got to know A girl named Ellen from Wilkes County, A girl that brought to my lifeContinue reading “To My VELLENTINE”
Can You Be Sure You Are Saved?
I have previously written about why some people will not make it to heaven. For some, that begs the question, “Can I be sure that I will go to heaven?” One thing is certain: God is “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Pet.3:9) You can know thatContinue reading “Can You Be Sure You Are Saved?”
What Commitment Looks Like Up Close
I have written recently about commitment (“If I Falter, Push Me On”) but I want to revisit that subject again in this post from a slightly different perspective. I want to write from the vantage point of a pastor who in 50 years of pastoring has seen about every kind of commitment there is toContinue reading “What Commitment Looks Like Up Close”
“If I Falter, Push Me On”
Jesus said that “whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall find it” (Luke 9:24). Losing one’s life for a cause is commitment; losing one’s life for Jesus’ sake would be the ultimate commitment. Commitment in the 21st century has been put to the test as we are about to enter yearContinue reading ““If I Falter, Push Me On””
What Keeps People Out of Heaven
Since my “You and God” blog hit your “inbox” last Tuesday more than three quarters of a million babies have been born worldwide! Some “guesstimate” that of that number, ninety percent of them will live, die and go out into eternity without having embraced the faith “once delivered,” the life-saving, soul-saving gospel of Jesus Christ,Continue reading “What Keeps People Out of Heaven”
Five Golden Rules
Our Lord in His Sermon on the Mount plainly stated what has come to be known as “the Golden Rule.” He said: “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” (Luke 6:31) Peter, in his first epistle, succinctly stated another brief rule for Christian living when inContinue reading “Five Golden Rules”
Be Strong and of Good Courage
Those were the words God repeatedly set before Joshua, the successor to Moses who had died having led the Israelites out of Egypt and through a 40-year maize of a wandering wilderness journey. At the age of 120 Moses, who had received the 10 commandments from God’s hand on Mt. Sinai, Moses, the larger-than-life legend,Continue reading “Be Strong and of Good Courage”
YOU and GOD 