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Author: Pastor Alexander L. Redd

  • You Find Yourself When Christ Finds You

    “We are most ourselves when we are not trying to be ourselves.” (Viktor Frankl’s concept of self-transcendence)

  • The Same Eyes But Different Sight

    So today, ask yourself: when you look at someone else’s failure, their success, or their pain, what are you actually looking for? Whatever you are looking for is exactly what you will find. And whatever you keep finding is exactly what you are quietly becoming.

  • Hardship Can Reveal True Hearts

    Treasure the friend who calls, the family member who prays, and the person who quietly stands beside you when there is nothing to gain. Hardship does not create genuine love. It reveals it.

  • Can a Gifted Leader Break the Church?

    Church divisions rarely start in the back pew. More often, they start up front, with gifted leaders whose abilities outpaced their character, and nobody said anything.

  • No, Pastors are not Politicians

    A shepherd who only tends sheep inside the fold while wolves roam the village is no shepherd at all. That is the plain truth behind my calling. The Ministers of the gospel are not elected officials in the sense of the political arena. We do not run for office. But we are called to speak,…

  • Let Your Life Speak

    Sometimes, God uses correction to make us wiser. Yet, there are moments when opposition rises simply because your obedience, growth, or courage makes others uncomfortable.

  • Why We Care About You?

    Maybe someone near us does not need a long speech today. Maybe they need kindness, a listening ear, and a gentle reminder that better days can still come.

  • Heal Before You Hurt Others

    Some people are always searching for cracks in others because they are trying to avoid the broken places within themselves.

  • When a Woman Wears the Archbishop’s Chair

    I am a Christian pastor. I hold the conviction, rooted in the Bible, that the highest teaching and governing office in the Christian church belongs to men. That is not a popular position in today’s world, and I understand that. But honesty requires me to say what I believe, even when it is not the…

  • The Jesus I Know

    “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8).

  • You’re Chosen in Christ for God’s Purpose

    When we look upon the cross and the risen Christ, we see that God’s saving purpose was always meant to magnify the glory of His Son and bring undeserving sinners into new life.

  • Know God and Know Yourself

    Know Your God, and Know Yourself Devotion by Pastor A. L. Redd March 11, 2026