By Dr. Bill Patterson Jesus’ earthly ministry lasted three-and-a-half years. However, the Gospel writers devoted from one-third to one-half of their words to Jesus’ final week. Perhaps seeing a timeline and reading a few of his teachings from that week will help us understand why Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John considered the final week so […]
By Dr. Bill Patterson In every country where Christianity has gained a strong foothold, major change has taken place. For instance, historian J. Edwin Ohr wrote that in the Welsh Revival of the early 1900s, so many coal miners came to the Lord that the mules hauling the coal from the mines had to […]
By Dr. Bill Patterson After I preached on Jonah at a conference, a man named George approached me. “Pastor, that’s a good fish story, but I’ve got a good one too.” “Tell me, George.” “Some buddies of mine and I enjoyed bass fishing. We liked to fish in a certain lake, but it had […]
By Dr. Bill Patterson Roy Jones explained his car accident to his insurance agent. “I started backing down my steep driveway. I looked out my rear window but lost sight of my drive. I dropped off the concrete onto the yard. I rolled down the yard into my garbage cans. I knocked over my […]
By Dr. Bill Patterson In my 20s I decided I didn’t want to be a grumpy old man when I reached my senior years. I wanted to be a person of encouragement, a person not wrapped up in self but in God and others. Then it hit me: grumpy old men usually get their […]
