Welcome to the Blog page! I will use this page to share brief messages, which I hope will be informative, inspirational, and challenging. I will post several messages a month on this page. I also will share some experiences in my ministry opportunities. I would invite any responses to the things posted here. That response could be sent by e-mail at johned@johnedmathison.org. For more information about John Ed Mathison Leadership Ministries, visit our website at www.johnedmathison.org.
One of the natural tendencies of our humanness is to judge other people. When we have been wronged by someone, it is easy to look for an opportunity to get revenge. It is our natural inclination to respond to criticism with an attitude of getting even.
Jesus reminded us over and over again that we should [...]
President Barrack Obama’s democratic allies in the Senate reversed course on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, and refused to finance the move to close Guantanamo Bay prison. They denied the request for $80 million because the administration lacked a satisfactory plan of what to do with the 240 detainees there.
We need to reverse the close vote [...]
A lot of people think about judgment day and enjoy talking about it but do very little to help everyone get ready for it. It is always easier to talk about something than to do something about it.
In May 19, 1780, in Hartford, Connecticut, at midday, the sky became very dark. By early afternoon there [...]
With the recent outbreak of Swine Flu, people are taking a lot of measures to keep from spreading that particular deadly disease. Here in the Montgomery area we saw high school athletic events cancelled, multiple instruction sheets from businesses and churches about how to avoid catching and passing on the flu, etc. Hopefully, it has [...]
We live our lives in the tension of trying to balance the importance of pleasing people and pleasing God. As humans our performance is judged by a boss or somebody to whom we are accountable.
This tension between trying to perform at a level of confidence to be well judged by someone above us, at the [...]
When something is hand-made, it usually has more value. It indicates creativity and craftsmanship. Hand-made is an asset in temporal terms, but a liability in eternal terms. Paul said, “When this earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” (II Corinthians 5: 1)
On August [...]