A Letter From Phil: Looking Forward (English and Spanish)

“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ‘Today’…ā€ (Hebrews 3:13a). Friends, I have never met a fellow pastor who said, ā€œI receive too much encouragement.ā€ If we have a problem with anything as pastors, itā€™s that we donā€™t receive enough encouragement to keep our hearts fueled and burning along the way! […]

The Best Deal In Town: A Story Of Transformation

[This an excerpt from The Greatness of the Gospel ā€“ an exhortation from Phil Strout to anyone who wants to re-center on the power of the Gospel for todayā€™s world.] The Gospel And ā€œEverything Elseā€ Everything else we add on to that power, that good news, is superfluous. The ā€œeverything elseā€ may be wonderful and […]

A Letter From Phil | May 2020

Dear Friends, Greetings from Maine, where we are still waiting for the full reality of spring! Last week I was chatting with a pastor in Arizona where it was 105 degrees, while that morning it was spitting snow in Maine ā€¦not a complaint, just a fact. As you know, there are so many different realities […]