Jim Mann This month is graduation time—time for sage advice from renowned speakers. But I was thinking, everything you really need to know, you learned in kindergarten. 1. Listen to the teacher. Her job is to teach, protect us, and keep us from eating the glue. 2. Pay attention in class. If we wanted to…
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Religion, April 2024
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it” (Matthew 16:18, NLT). Many moons ago, my eight-year-old daughter was given a strange assignment. She had been given a diary for her…
March 2024, Religion
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “For God does speak—now one way, now another—though man may not perceive it” (Job 33:14). I believe God still speaks to us. He speaks through His creation, through His word, and through supernatural means. Sometimes He gives dreams or impressions. And sometimes He speaks to us through our everyday experiences. I’m sure you’ve…
Religion, February 2024
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “Then he said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the LORD’s presence.’ At that moment, the LORD passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake,…
January 2024, Religion
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “… But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him” (Luke 15:20). Imagine, an elderly, respected man, a pillar of the community, tucking his long robes in his belt and running to…
Religion, December 2023
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly” (Romans 5:6). I was 18 and in my senior year of high school. It was Oct. 14, 1987, when 18-month-old Jessica McClure fell into a well at her aunt’s house in Midland, Texas. Americans were glued to the…
October 2023, Religion
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ From this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised.” (Acts 13:22–23) Ever wonder…
Religion, September 2023
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann Whatever Saul sent him to do, David did it so successfully that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the people, and Saul’s officers as well … and from that time, Saul kept a jealous eye on David … Saul tried to pin him to the wall with…
Religion, July 2023
Pastors’ Corner
Jim Mann “… For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20) Jesus loved to use word pictures and parables to teach. He’s using a metaphor here,…
Religion, February 2023
Pastor’s Corner
Jim Mann “He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” (Psalm 1:3) We live in an increasingly mobile society. With the advances in technology and the increase in folks working from home, it’s easier than ever to…