In all the excitement about Fathers Day, I started thinking of the many things Dad taught me about the ministry. He was a mentor before mentoring was cool. He taught me how to:
Administer the Lord's Supper
Baptize
Lead a Deacons Meeting
Do a funeral
Perform a wedding
Preach short sermons
Use stories in sermons
Greet people before and after church
Telephone prospects
Use the Roman Road in soulwinning
Lead a holy life
How to treat my wife.
You get the point. This list could go on for a while. Thanks, Dad. Happy Fathers Day.
Twitter @john316marshall
www.facebook.com/john316marshall
Monday, June 17, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
My Dad
Happy Fathers Day. Few people have more cause to celebrate this day than I do. I was raised by a Godly dad, who is still alive, and had both my Godly grandpas till I was 28 years old.
The Gospel was for sure conveyed to me through masculine channels. This is a missing trait in much USA Christianity. Too many dads are absent and/or abdicating their spiritual role to wives and mothers.
This is tragic, because studies continue to show that children tend to follow the religious habits of their dad rather than of their mom. Men, we need to step up to the plate and fulfill our God-given responsibility to raise Godly children.
I intend to go see my dad tomorrow. He will turn 86 in August. One thing I hope to remember to tell him is how grateful I am for the spiritual influence he had in my life.
Twitter & FB john316marshall
The Gospel was for sure conveyed to me through masculine channels. This is a missing trait in much USA Christianity. Too many dads are absent and/or abdicating their spiritual role to wives and mothers.
This is tragic, because studies continue to show that children tend to follow the religious habits of their dad rather than of their mom. Men, we need to step up to the plate and fulfill our God-given responsibility to raise Godly children.
I intend to go see my dad tomorrow. He will turn 86 in August. One thing I hope to remember to tell him is how grateful I am for the spiritual influence he had in my life.
Twitter & FB john316marshall
Friday, June 7, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Heimlich Maneuver
Today in 1974 the Heimlich Maneuver for saving choking victims was first publicized. It has saved countless thousands of lives. I have two favorite stories about it.
The first story involved an elderly woman and her husband at the Emergency Room. She had some broken ribs. The husband had earlier been choking to death, and the wife did not know what to do. In desperation, he grabbed her, turned her around, and did the maneuver on her to show her what to do to him. It worked for him. She ended up in ER.
The second story involved John Chancellor when he was the NBC News anchorman. One night he announced his life had been saved at noon by someone doing the Heimlich Maneuver on him. He was extremely grateful. If I remember right, the hero was a young NBC reporter named Tom Brokaw. I do love stories.
Twitter & FB john316marshall
The first story involved an elderly woman and her husband at the Emergency Room. She had some broken ribs. The husband had earlier been choking to death, and the wife did not know what to do. In desperation, he grabbed her, turned her around, and did the maneuver on her to show her what to do to him. It worked for him. She ended up in ER.
The second story involved John Chancellor when he was the NBC News anchorman. One night he announced his life had been saved at noon by someone doing the Heimlich Maneuver on him. He was extremely grateful. If I remember right, the hero was a young NBC reporter named Tom Brokaw. I do love stories.
Twitter & FB john316marshall
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
