by Rick McKinney | May 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Evangelism, soul-winning, and witnessing are such scary terms for most of us. Lots of us were trained in various ways to “lead someone to Christ.” We memorized Scriptures, learned how to draw diagrams and even practiced with other believers! Most Evangelical...
by Rick McKinney | May 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Location, location, location… This is the mantra of every good real estate agent in the world. They will tell you that it’s all about location when it comes to buying and especially selling. There is undoubtedly a spiritual parallel. Although God is omnipresent...
by Rick McKinney | May 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite poems, and if I’m honest, one of the few I like, is by Robert Frost. He muses about the challenge of choosing between a well-traveled road and one far less traveled. I’m not sure exactly when I read that poem for the first time, but I was young,...
by Rick McKinney | May 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Many years ago, an old man boarded a train bound for where he would retire. He had spent his whole life working, planning and dreaming about this day. He had read books about his destination, read the testimonies of those who had visited there and longingly looked at...
by Rick McKinney | May 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
As a young child, I grew up in Western New York. My father, a pastor, had gone there when I was four years old to start a new church. In addition to pastoring the church, he worked full-time at Montgomery Wards. One of my fondest memories as a young child was when Dad...
by Rick McKinney | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
A few years ago, I had the privilege of hearing Ken Whitten, the pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church. Ken had a lot of wonderful things to share but the one thing I could not shake was his explanation of David and God’s refusal to allow him to build the temple. David...
