Ken Pierpont's Blog, page 90
October 31, 2016
Be Baptized (Sermon Audio)
Series: Walk With Me
Sermon: Be Baptized
Evangel Baptist Church-Taylor, Michigan
October 30, 2016 AM
Pastor Ken Pierpont
Be Baptized (Sermon Video)
Series: Walk With Me
Sermon: Be Baptized
Evangel Baptist Church-Taylor, Michigan
October 30, 2016 AM
Pastor Ken Pierpont
October 28, 2016
Her Name Was Lois
Her name was Lois. That got my attention. I love that name. I love the way it sounds. I love to write it. I love to think of the Lois God gave me. Her name was Lois. They called her sister Vel. I was preaching Vel’s funeral. I preached her sister’s funeral and the guests filed past, some crossing themselves, some reaching gently out to touch her arm lying there silent in the beautiful white casket with a huge spray of pink roses.
Some were weeping. All were solemn. Then the group was reduced to the small circle of closest family. Those who might sit around the table in the evening. Or those who once did in their childhood. Those who would have walked with each other home from their childhood school.
They are about to close the casket on her sister and Lois bursts into pitiful tears, deeply mourning her sister and murmuring her love one last time over and over again through sobbing. I didn’t now either of them before yesterday. I wish they would come and be a part of our church family, but I may never get to see them again, but for a moment my heart joins them in grief when I think of the bond that sisters have. My wife and hers, our daughters—and I imagine the grief at parting and I wish I had taken the advice my dad always gave to be sure I had a handkerchief with me and I remind myself again: “Love the people in your life while you can. You only have so much time.”
Love the people in your life while you can–you only have so much time
Ken Pierpont
Granville Cottage
Riverview, Michigan
October 28, 2016
October 25, 2016
First Frost
After and long and mellow summer and a colorful lingering fall we are wearing warm things tonight. The temperature will drop into the thirties by morning. The furnace will awaken and send warmth coursing through the veins of Granville Cottage.
In an hour or so we will slip between flannel sheets and our sleep will be a little deeper, a little sweeter. Before we are overtaken with sleep our hearts will be filled with thanksgiving and humble, grateful dependance upon the God who created the seasons and gave us a little place on the earth to enjoy watching them turn.
October 24, 2016
What About the Numbers? (Video)
I have a new resolution. It occurred to me the other day while I was walking. I am resolved no longer to evaluate myself and my ministry based on numbers. Jesus changed the world through a small cluster of followers who went and told the story to others, most of whom gathered in small clusters and spread all over the earth. When large crowds appeared it was not always good, when it was, it was the result of the power of God, not human manipulation. It was raining last Thursday morning and I paused to make a little video about it.
October 23, 2016
Follow Me (Sermon)
Series: Walk With Me
Sermon: Follow Me
Evangel Baptist Church-Taylor, Michigan
October 23, 2016 AM
Pastor Ken Pierpont
October 17, 2016
Walk With Me; Be Born Again (Sermon Video)
My message from Sunday morning, October 16, 2016 at Evangel in Taylor, Michigan
