This was the last sermon preached at Joey's church by Pastor Nathan James who retired right after this sermon in 2020 and passed away of cancer in late July.
He used Acts 20 as his "farewell to the Ephesian elders."
Joey, Noel, and I are so thankful for this faithful man who served Calvary Memorial Church for 32 years of its 108 year history. Almost 1/3 of it!
I loved the line that early on in his ministry there one of his elders confronted him with “Pastor, the biggest problem people have with you is you are the same in the pulpit as in real life.” Then Pastor James said, “And this is a problem how?” The elder responded, “Well, people aren’t used to that.” LOL!
I am thankful for those that are called that finish the job.