Someone sent me a link to a television commercial for direct TV entitled Don't End up in a Ditch. The first scene shows a man having difficulty with his cable television service. The announcer says " trouble with your cable service makes you frustrated - when you get frustrated you exercise hard to get rid of the stress." The next scene shows the man playing racquet ball and slamming the ball against the wall. The ball bounces back and hits his eye. The announcer says, "when you exercise hard you injure your eye and have to go to the doctor to get a patch." The next scene shows the man in the doctors office having a black patch put on his eye. The announcer says "when you get a patch on your eye people think you are tough." The next scene shows the man on a bus with the patch on his eye and a gang of trouble makers looking at him. The announcer says, "When people think you are tough they want to find out how tough." The next scene shows the man being chased by the gang and then lying beaten up in a ditch. The announcer says "And you end up in a ditch - so cancel cable and get direct TV".
What is the application? Do not stop praying or you too will end up in a ditch.
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- William Kirchhofer
- My wife Daisy (also a pastor) and I are a multicultural couple. We are both fluent in English and Spanish with a little Spanglish thrown in. We have six grown children and a multitude of wonderful grandchildren. I am the lead pastor of Crossroads Free Methodist Church (www.crossroadsfmc.com). My wife is my co-pastor. I have a law degree from New York Law School (1982), a Master of Divinity degree from Alliance Theological Seminary (1999) and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2009). My doctoral thesis was entitled "Fire Among the Stubble: Church Renewal in the Wesleyan Tradition". I believe that church history teaches us principles that if implemented will create an environment within which God will bring renewal. My goal is to teach church leaders principles of church renewal. I approach renewal from the perspective of Church history. Those who God used mightily as instruments of renewal in the past have much to teach us. I long to see revival and reform that leads to true renewal of the church and society. I believe this is not only God's will but our calling as leaders of the Church.
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