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2025-06-11T09:23:04-06:00

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What Does It Take To Be A Great Pastor

Last updated on: June 11, 2025 at 9:23 am By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

Do you want to be a great pastor for God? “Don’t quit, don’t fornicate, you will be the only one left and you will be great.” I was stunned by those words. Really? Is that all it takes to be great for God as a pastor? I heard those words for the first time in my Historical Theology class at Dallas Theological Seminary in 1994 from Dr. John Hannah when I was a 23-year-old seminary student studying for the pastorate.... Read more

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2024-08-23T11:12:03-06:00

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If David Is a Man After God’s Own Heart, Why So Many Wives?

Last updated on: August 23, 2024 at 11:12 am By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

Seemingly, it has become an everyday occurrence to open your favorite Christian news outlet and learn of yet another pastor or ministry leader who has had another sexual indiscretion exposed. For some it occurred last week and for others it was 35 years ago. If you are like me, it can make your head spin with more questions than there seems to be answer to. These sorts of situations drive us, hopefully, back to God’s Word, to get direction and... Read more

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2024-06-18T12:19:38-06:00

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Did Jesus Say, “Love is Love.”

Last updated on: June 18, 2024 at 12:19 pm By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

Over the past decade or so, marriage and sexual identity definitions have been under attack in our world. And as each of us rub shoulders with someone we know and love, who is the in process of redefining their sexuality and marriage and maybe even gender in their lives, we are each trying to find a way to navigate these re-definements. About fifteen years ago the Christian community started saying this phrase, “God is Love” but now it is... Read more

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2024-06-17T15:30:23-06:00

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A Pastor’s Response To Pastors Tony Evans And Robert Morris

Last updated on: June 17, 2024 at 3:30 pm By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

I feel so much grief about the Christian Post articles about Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church and the one earlier about Pastor Tony Evans. Here are the links if you have not read them: Pastor Robert Morris Confesses To Moral Failure and Pastor Tony Evans Steps Away From Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship. I attended Dallas Theological Seminary in the mid90’s. I am a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary. I have been a pastor now at Vanguard Church in Colorado... Read more

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2024-04-11T05:50:50-06:00

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Bearing Burdens For Jesus Like Nehemiah

Last updated on: April 11, 2024 at 5:50 am By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

For almost seven years now I have carried a prophetic word God gave me in July of 2017. You can read about that here: https://kellymwilliams.wordpress.com/2021/01/06/the-july-16-2017-vision-from-god-you-say-yes/ Over the past almost SEVEN years, I have personally faced numerous spiritual attacks on myself, my family, and my leadership in pastoring and leading Vanguard Church in Colorado Springs. I tell you all that, to tell you this. What we carry for God, matters to God! And what we carry for God impacts everything about... Read more

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2024-02-27T13:40:12-07:00

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Ten Things I Have Learned From Reading The Bible 100 Times

Last updated on: February 27, 2024 at 1:40 pm By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

When I was a pastoral student at Liberty University in 1989, I made a commitment to Jesus to read the Bible ten chapters a day until I had read it 100 times. I began this commitment on August 16, 1989, and I fulfilled this commitment on February 27, 2024. It took me 34 ½ years to read the Bible 100 times. It should have taken me 33 1/3. I should have finished it about 500 days sooner. So, I missed... Read more

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2024-02-01T10:06:44-07:00

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The Perception of Being Judgmental About Same Sex Ceremonies

Last updated on: February 1, 2024 at 10:06 am By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

DEALING WITH THE PERCEPTION OF BEING “JUDGMENTAL” REGARDING THE NON-ATTENDANCE OF SAME SEX OR TRANSGENDER CEREMONIES Recently I wrote an article in response to the controversy created by Pastor Alistair Begg’s remarks and advice regarding a Christian’s attendance at a same sex or transgender ceremony. This reignited the debate over being judgmental toward others. Being judgmental has somehow become the unpardonable sin of our society. Disagreeing has quickly become “hate” speech and has been classified as “Pharisaical” because all of... Read more

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2024-01-27T13:58:36-07:00

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A response to Alistair Begg, “Attending Same Sex Ceremonies”

Last updated on: January 27, 2024 at 1:58 pm By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

A RESPONSE TO ALISTAIR BEGG’S: “CHRISTIANS SHOULD ATTEND THE CEREMONY OF A SAME SEX OR TRANSGENDER RELATIONSHIP, EVEN TAKE A GIFT” A few years ago, I had the privilege of attending a pastor’s luncheon at Focus On The Family with guest speaker, Alistair Begg. I jumped at this opportunity and thoroughly enjoyed my time listening to Pastor Begg rightfully divide the Word of God and encourage we pastors in Colorado Springs with the importance of faithfulness to God and to... Read more

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2024-06-17T08:45:27-06:00

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“A Network Of Pastors Will Fall”

Last updated on: June 17, 2024 at 8:45 am By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

“A NETWORK OF PASTORS WILL FALL” As the calendar year turns from 2023 to 2024 one of the constant sad realities in Christian News is the perpetual, continual, and repeated reality of Pastors and well-known Ministry Leaders being exposed on a seemingly weekly basis for their chronic, ongoing, long-going hidden sin. It grieves all of us, but it is not a new phenomenon. Thousands of years ago, the prophet Ezekiel dealt with the exact same things we are... Read more

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2023-11-14T09:22:50-07:00

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The Good Pastors Are Under Siege

Last updated on: November 14, 2023 at 9:22 am By Pastor Kelly M. Williams

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THE GOOD PASTORS ARE UNDER SIEGE The Good pastors of the world are under siege! I have been a Senior Pastor of the same Southern Baptist Church, Vanguard Church, in Colorado Springs for the past twenty-six years. My wife, Tosha, and I, started the church twenty-six years ago as North American Mission Board church planters for the Southern Baptist Convention. Recently I hosted a city-wide pastor gathering in our city and prayed with forty other pastors for... Read more

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