Larry Lazarus
How long have you been involved with the ministry? Since the Fall of 2003 when I moved to Pitman, though I had been talking about the ministry with Jeff and Joe since its conception.
Where did you grow up? Havertown, PA
Family Information
Wife: Michelle
Children: Halle (born 2007)
Favorite Bible verse? Isaiah 48:11
What is one of your favorite quotes? “God is the highest good of the reasonable creature; and the enjoyment of Him is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams, but God is the fountain. These are but drops; God is the ocean.” Jonathan Edwards
Who are some of your heroes of the faith? The Apostle Paul, Athanasius, William Tyndale, Jonathan Edwards, George Mueller, Joni Eareckson-Tada, John Piper
Name your top three favorite books? The Pleasures of God by John Piper, The End for Which God Created the World by Jonathan Edwards, Living the Cross-Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney
Who has been the most influential person in God’s sanctifying work in your life? John Piper (because his biblical vision of God and the Christian life has shaped mine more than any thinker outside the Bible), and my wife (because through my relationship with her I have seen my sin more clearly and therefore been pressed to do something about it!)
What legacy would you like to leave here on earth? A man who loved Christ more than anything else; who loved his wife more than anything but Christ; who loved his children more than anything but Christ and his wife; and as a man whose entire life was used by God as an instrument through which He would bring others into a deeper enjoyment of Himself.
