Powerful Benefits

by Jeff Tunnell While I was a pastor for more than three decades, our family enjoyed the powerful benefits of people praying for us on a consistent basis.  Had I been keeping track during those years it would have been easy to draw a chart showing the times when...

Analysis or Faith?

by Jeff Tunnell We have a propensity to want to know where we are going before we leave where we are. That is, we desire answers before we even know all of the questions. When we spend too much effort on this it is called the ‘paralysis of...

Throwing Darts?

by Jeff Tunnell Facing a blank wall, I decide to hang books like paintings, but leaving no space between them.  A mosaic of literature appears: a quilted library, a checkerboard of potential education, and information that could change my future.  Titles...

Effective, Efficient, Biblical

by Jeff Tunnell An elderly woman passed away and her family gathered to pay tribute.  While preparing her funeral service they lovingly visited the rooms of her home, looking at belongings, photos and collections displayed throughout.  As they rehearsed...

Relational Structures

by Jeff Tunnell Jesus is the only foundation that can be laid (1 Cor.3:11).  Imagine the four corners of that foundation outlining the ministry of Jesus while among us on the earth.  Here they are: Spiritualistic worldview (Mark 4:35-5:20), Kingdom perspective (1 Cor....