Should your Pastor tell you How to Vote?

I have been a pastor for over 40 years, and very rarely I wondered what political party, if any, people prefer. As a follower of Jesus, I am much more interested in one's faith. That has not changed.

But whether I like it or not, the politics-free-zone in public life is growing ever smaller. Political labeling happens quickly, and then pigeonholing soon follows. Neighbor love gets shut down because of allegiances to politicians six time zones away from Hawaii. Shouting replaces sharing. Attacks stifle exchanges of ideas. Lord, have mercy on our nation!

Sharing Your Faith in Jesus

Kalahikiola Church

Mark Blair

May 2023

Determining Your Personal Outreach Temperature:

Sisters and Brothers at Kalahikiola, Let's Read Our Bibles!

 ″Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another

in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness

in your hearts to God.″                                                              Colossians 3.16

Questions for those seeking a pastoral job in a church…

HOUSING

Who pays the rent?

Is there some place that I must / or must not live?
Am I expected to share a home with others, or does my family have our own living space?
If we share a home, how do we share living costs? Food? Utilities? Who does the cleaning? Cooking? Are there are boundaries? Quiet times? Rooms where kids and their toys should not be?
Am I expected to open my home for ministry? How often? Limits on size? Noise? Relations with neighbors.

List of All Pastoral Work

“Dead Disciples” Acts 5.1-14

“The Acts of the Exalted Jesus done in the Power of the Holy Spirit through His Apostolic Church”

The book of Acts...is a kind of vast treasure.  John Calvin

It is the most lyrical of books…Live in that book, I exhort you: it is a tonic, the greatest tonic I know of in the realm of the Spirit.  David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

There is nothing today’s church needs so much as to rediscover the doctrine, spirit, and commitments of the early Christian community.  James Boice

It’s not the sixteenth century gospel I’m interested in defending; what concerns me is the first-century gospel…The reason for the outpouring of the Spirit is not to make us feel spiritual. It is not to give us a spiritual high. It is so we can do the job that Jesus gave the church to do.  R.C. Sproul

Judgment in Matthew 7

Questions for Preachers

1. Regarding our Message

a. My normal method for determining what topic/text to preach on Sundays is

b. My favorite themes for preaching are

c. The Bible book(s) I have preached most often are

d. The part of the Bible I have preached the least is

e. The issue(s) that determines my choice for topic/text is

Solid Ground for a Sure Faith

Peter to Jesus, "Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life"                          John 6.68

Sufficiency of Scripture

True - No Falsehood in God or His Word

Jesus said, "Your word is truth."                                                             John 17.17

Pastor Mark Blair - BICF ZGC English

That might not be the most comfortable, or politically-correct, question you will hear while living under the burden of this Corona virus. But it might be one you need to consider. If not for your own soul, perhaps for the dear ones in the room next door, down the hall, and all across the great nation.