Emphasis Preaching Journal
On my first Sunday as...
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On my first Sunday as pastor in Myrtle Point, Oregon, Casey and Louise Jones drove
twenty miles past other churches to worship with us for the first time. They joined the
church and served as faithful church members until they moved away years later.
They believed that God had given me to them as pastor. The coincidence of our arriving the same Sunday in a small-town church was too obvious to ignore. Who else could have taught an elderly couple Greek and Hebrew?
They believed that God had given me to them as pastor. The coincidence of our arriving the same Sunday in a small-town church was too obvious to ignore. Who else could have taught an elderly couple Greek and Hebrew?
