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Keeping the Fire Lit
May the fire that God kindled in your calling never die down in your life or ministry.

John Anderson
23 hours ago




Keeping the Fire Lit
May the fire that God kindled in your calling never die down in your life or ministry.

John Anderson
23 hours ago4 min read


Limiting Our Liberty to Influence Others
Leaders limit their liberty not because they have to but because they love the One they follow and the ones they lead.

John Anderson
Dec 86 min read


Making a Choice to Rejoice
Choosing to rejoice is choosing to grow.

John Anderson
Dec 13 min read


Four Doors of Hospitality
Hospitality is not about entertaining people; it's about ministering grace.

John Anderson
Nov 244 min read


Leading When You Are Low
Every decision either magnifies or misrepresents the God you serve.

John Anderson
Nov 174 min read


The Crown Belongs to the King
Our joy is to serve faithfully at His command.

John Anderson
Nov 103 min read


Don't Waste Your Leadership
Do not waste your leadership trying to impress people; invest it in influencing them.

John Anderson
Nov 34 min read


The Underground God
God Works Beneath the Surface to Provide Living Water

John Anderson
Oct 274 min read


The Myth of Arrival
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” - Psalm 139:23-24 A few weeks back, I was on a missions trip in the 10/40 window. The trip was a whirlwind flight from Atlanta that included internal flights and long commutes in the car. On one of the flights was one that just seemed to be taking forever. I finally fell asleep 5 hours into the flight and woke up when he hit some tu

John Anderson
Oct 204 min read


Resisting the Devil
Satan wants to devour your confidence, but God desires to develop your character.
Pinecrest Church
Oct 135 min read


Moving the Discipleship NEEDLE
Scripture calls us to choose rejoicing.

John Anderson
Oct 63 min read


Trust Over Turbulence
Life’s turbulence—anxiety, stress, and worry—can cause panic. Yet, just as our good pilot, Jesus, calls us to trust Him

John Anderson
Sep 283 min read


Leading or Managing?
Leadership is contagious.

John Anderson
Sep 224 min read


Ordering Your Day God's Way
If we are going to number our days, then we have to go to the Timeless One—the One who is beyond time.

John Anderson
Sep 152 min read


Revenge, Retribution, and Revival
For in the end, the greatest testimony to a broken world is not that God’s people sought revenge, but that they trusted His retribution and lived as a revived people.

John Anderson
Sep 113 min read


Closing the Communication Gap
You are never wrong to work harder at eliminating communication gaps.

John Anderson
Sep 83 min read


Doing and Knowing God’s Will—in That Order!
When I make it my responsibility to obey God in His revealed will, the most amazing thing begins to take place: He directs me in the areas that are unknown to me.

John Anderson
Sep 53 min read


5 Reasons Gambling Is Unwise
Gambling undermines values, mocks work, finances crime, robs children, enslaves people, and poisons whatever it touches.

John Anderson
Sep 52 min read


Of Grapes, Giants, Grasshoppers, and God
May God help more of us today as Christians to have a Joshua and Caleb mentality.

John Anderson
Sep 54 min read


Why a Christian Should Not Marry an Unbeliever
At the end of it all, Solomon states that life without obeying the precepts and principles of God is not worth living.

John Anderson
Sep 54 min read


5 Reasons to Have a Young Adults Conference
We have forgotten about a hidden workforce and the next generation of servant leaders, young adults!

John Anderson
Sep 53 min read


The Heart Is the Heart of the Matter!
When there is a determination to learn God’s ways and live God’s ways, there will be a uniting of our hearts.

John Anderson
Sep 54 min read


But if Not
May each of us stand compassionately in our communities with the “But if not” spirit!

John Anderson
Sep 52 min read


Passing through The Pits
God never intends for His children to live in the pits, but He does allow us to pass through them.

John Anderson
Sep 52 min read


Will God Give Me More than I Can Bear?
God Wants Us to Learn to Depend on His Strength Recently, I read an article that used an ancient metaphor of a man that asked God to make...

John Anderson
Sep 53 min read


Don’t Ring the Bell!
5 Reasons Not to Quit “Agony, torture, psychological abuse, mentally stressful, complete exhaustion, physically excruciating, and cruel...

John Anderson
Sep 54 min read


Overcoming The Holiday "Blahs"!
Overcome the Holiday Blahs by incorporating CHRISTMAS principles into your life during this season!

John Anderson
Dec 11, 20243 min read


11 Things I Am Thankful For After 11 Years Pastoring Pinecrest Baptist!
This Sunday, October 6, we have the joy of reaching a milestone for our family and ministry of serving at Pinecrest Baptist for eleven...

John Anderson
Oct 5, 20245 min read


Panic or Peace?
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let...

John Anderson
Aug 30, 20214 min read


A Soft Answer
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. - Proverbs 15:1

John Anderson
May 15, 20202 min read


Learning From Examples
"Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples..." - 1 Cor. 10:11

John Anderson
May 7, 20203 min read


Drowning Out Their Cries.
"Come over into Macedonia, and HELP US." - Acts 16:9

John Anderson
May 5, 20203 min read


Doing What We Can
"She hath done what she could..." - Mark 14:8

John Anderson
May 3, 20203 min read


Baptist History You Should Know!
I am a Baptist for more reasons than fellowship and fried chicken!

John Anderson
May 1, 20204 min read


The Assist
"I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase." - 1 Cor.3:6

John Anderson
Apr 30, 20204 min read


Authentic Courage
"Do Right Til' The Stars Fall" - Dr. Bob Jones Sr.

John Anderson
Apr 28, 20202 min read


O Be Careful Big Mouth What You Say!
"..but he that refraineth his lips is wise." - Prov.10:19

John Anderson
Apr 27, 20202 min read


A Time For Empathy
"Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,..."

John Anderson
Apr 25, 20203 min read


The Danger of Drifting
"As a bird wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place." - Proverbs 27:9

John Anderson
Apr 24, 20203 min read


Learning To Lament
"Help, Lord: for the godly man ceaseth;.." - Psalm 12:1

John Anderson
Apr 23, 20204 min read


Wait.
"..wait, I say, on the Lord."

John Anderson
Apr 22, 20203 min read


Keep Your Powder Dry!
"The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD."

John Anderson
Apr 21, 20203 min read


Looking for Joy in all the Wrong Places.
"Rejoice in the Lord alway; and again I say, rejoice."

John Anderson
Apr 20, 20202 min read


All Stressed Up and Nowhere To Go!
The greatest gift that we have is not tomorrow, it is today!

John Anderson
Apr 18, 20203 min read


What Is In Your Hand?
"...What is that in thine hand?..." - Exodus 4:2

John Anderson
Apr 17, 20202 min read


Remember The Duck!
The Cross not only speaks of my past being forgiven, but it speaks loudly of Satan's future being judged!

John Anderson
Apr 16, 20202 min read


Don't Forget His Value!
"Unto you therefore which believe he is precious..."

John Anderson
Apr 15, 20203 min read


Stay Strong!
"If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small." - Prov.24:10

John Anderson
Apr 14, 20203 min read


Stop Auditioning, You've Got The Part!
"...he hath made us accepted in the beloved." - Eph.1:6

John Anderson
Apr 13, 20202 min read


Return!
"Come, and let us return to the LORD:..."

John Anderson
Mar 31, 20203 min read
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