Rev. William Griffith's Blog (65)

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

" When Alysyn and I spend the weekends living among the homeless and the people on the streets, and there is nothing more heart wrenching than looking…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 11, 2014 at 12:39pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"The human condition is such that God, in all of His Love and Mercy, deemed that He would send a redeemer. And so the…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 10, 2014 at 11:30am — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"The human condition is such that God, in all of His Love and Mercy, deemed that He would send a redeemer. And so the…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 10, 2014 at 11:30am — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"Our Lord humbled Himself in His ministry. He became the servant-shepherd. He went to the people and met their needs first. He didn't force them to repent, convert or even try. He met…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 9, 2014 at 5:47pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"The homelessness epidemic is claiming lives as I write this. It does not discriminate based upon age, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The children and youth on the…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 9, 2014 at 1:02pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"I have been asked about several political issues facing the country. As many of you know, I have been very political over the years. Politics has been…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 6, 2014 at 12:04pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"If we are to carry anything with us today, let it be love. Love, for one's partner, family, friend or enemy, requires us to…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 5, 2014 at 12:35pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"I met a little girl during our outreach who I gave some applesauce and a sandwich to. She tucked the applesauce away and took one slice of bread from the…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 3, 2014 at 10:54am — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"We can argue and debate over religious legalisms and doctrines until the end of the age. And if we do so, we will have wasted our time debating…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 2, 2014 at 2:31pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"A homeless man, dressed in his only clothes, parked his cart outside of a church and decided to worship one Sunday. A woman from the church looked at him and said, "you…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 2, 2014 at 2:26pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"Today offers us the perfect opportunity to make a difference. To smile at someone, rather than scold. To forgive rather than to allow a grudge to fester. To ask forgiveness rather than ignore our wrong. To offer an act…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on June 2, 2014 at 12:20pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"The Christianity preached by the likes of Pat Robertson and the Christianity preached by Martin Luther King Jr. have little, if anything at all, in common. The challenge is to understand what makes these two ways of…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on May 28, 2014 at 4:11pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"The human condition is frail and always will be. Love and compassion plants a seed that all the preaching and efforts to convert can only dream of…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on May 28, 2014 at 11:24am — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"Gandhi said he liked Christ and had little use for christians because they are so unlike Christ. Unless believers become followers of Christ and cease the…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on May 26, 2014 at 10:48pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

Christ is found in the suffering and eyes of the poor. He is seen in the faces of the homeless and the forgotten. There is a clear difference in being a "believer" in Christ and in being a "follower" of Christ. Even the demons believe and tremble. But to follow Him requires us to get out of our comfort zone and let God lead where He will.…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on May 21, 2014 at 11:06am — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"We can ignore poverty and homelessness. It will continue to haunt us as a society and it will haunt churches across this country who refuse to address it. As we debate in our church boards whether or not…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on May 19, 2014 at 3:32pm — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

I spent time doing street outreach in the park this morning. I want everyone who has been alienated or rejected by the institutional church. I want the hopeless, the addict and the prostitute. I want the gang members and the homeless. Through these lives the awesome…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on May 16, 2014 at 11:55am — No Comments

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR WILL

"Too many in the church today find comfort in a 'safe christianity'. Jesus Christ was anything but safe. He taught sacrifice and love and turned the world upside down. Jesus did not call us to follow Him into the safety of our church sanctuaries, but rather into the streets…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on May 15, 2014 at 1:01am — No Comments

FROM PASTOR WILL'S DESK

"Religion is a destroyer of faith and spiritual health. Religion, legalisms and dogma have fragmented and divided the Body of Christ to the point that Christ has been lost in church. In fact, if we haven't evicted Him from the church altoge…

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Added by Rev. William Griffith on May 13, 2014 at 10:37am — No Comments

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