Wrong For All The Right Reasons
“Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” -Jesus Acts of the Apostles 10:15 NLT Peter’s prayer time was interrupted with an “Amber Alert” from heaven. Someone named Cornelius was lost and needed to be saved. There was only one problem- Cornelius was an outsider, a Gentile. The Jew vs. Gentile tension was deep, but not intrinsically born out of hatred or racism. It was a matter of Jewish laws regarding holiness and separation. The Jewish people rightly discerned that they were chosen of God, divinely favored, and special… Read More
The Power of One
Carrie and I had just gotten married and were both working at the Cracker Barrel. The summer before my senior year of college we were asked to go to another state and help salvage a struggling store. It didn’t take long for Carrie and I to realize why this particular location was doing so poorly. One of the managers was unprofessional, apathetic, and the chief cause of the high turnover rate among the employees there. Have you ever heard the term, “one apple can spoil the whole bunch?” I’m always amazed at… Read More
Pastor Dale Jenkins 