Was this the First Cantata?
The first historically recorded Cantata was written by Bach in 1707 and performed the next year in 1708. Did the historians miss the date...
Risking it All for a Cause
David, the greatest of the kings of Israel, wasn’t always a revered monarch. At one time, he was simply a shepherd relegated to the least...
Let Not Your Hands Be Weak
Asa was the third king of Judah after the nation of Israel divided. His father, Abijah, did much evil and his grandfather, Rehoboam,...
What Do you See?
Two pastors were lifelong friends, and both loved being outdoors. They decided they would go camping overnight in the wild. They arrived at...
Opportunities for Judas
Having a good name is important. “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and...
Shalom America
One Sunday, while back in college, I heard a preacher deliver a sermon which he called “Shalom and Sadat.” I don’t remember all the...
Beaten as with Roses
Obadiah Holmes was born in 1606 in Reddish, England. King James I was on the throne of England. During Obadiah’s teen years, King...
We Don’t Sign Laws on Sunday. Why?
Should Christians care about voting or elections? Our citizenship is in heaven, but does that mean we are divested from involving ourselves...
I Love to Tell the Story
I Love to Tell the Story I love to tell the story, For those who know it best Seem hungering and thirsting To hear it like the rest. And...
Refusing to Glorify God
The Epistle of Romans is a treasure chest of Bible doctrines. Every great doctrine of Christianity can be found on the pages. Among a great...
God’s Great Commission
Last week I came across a passage while preparing for our midweek service. We didn’t have a missionary scheduled so I was planning to...
All Roads Lead to the Gospel
Psalm 34:10
Psalm 34:10. “The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.” One day this...
Another Graveyard Tuesday
As a pastor, I go to cemeteries often. This coming Tuesday will be another visit to “God’s Resting Place.” That’s what I read some...
Only Four Years
Have you ever heard the saying “in a New York minute?” Most likely you have and if you haven’t you have heard something similar. It...
Satan’s Career Will be Over
Satan has had a long, a really long career in fighting against God and His people. From the information we read about in Isaiah, we know...
Go Ahead, Make a Guess
Nero, Domitian, the popes, FDR, Hitler, Mussolini, Reagan, Trump, Obama, Kissinger, Gorbachev, Khruschev, Stalin, Lenin, along with many...
God is Jealous, and the Lord Revenges
Assyria was a huge thorn in the side of Old Testament Israel for approximately 250 years. When their king at any time during those two and...
What is Happening in My Life?
We are often slow on the uptake and don’t always connect the dots quickly. I Samuel 9 tells us a story with thoughts like these. Saul is...
The Man that Had it All
People that are uber wealthy seem to have it so easy. They have nice cars and private airplanes. Their children attend prestigious boarding...
Wives; A Good Thing
All of you know I’m not much of a hipster. About a year ago, I heard a term for the first time, and it took me a minute or two to figure...
Jesus a Servant? Really?
“Brethren we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God.” That is the beginning verse of a song Bro. Keith leads us to sing a few...
Everybody Ought to Know Some Things
A few nights ago, I decided to watch an old movie called The Postman. It is a dystopian movie about America after the fall. Kevin Costner...
Middle Eastern Real Estate
Middle Eastern Real Estate Land has been the reason for a good many conflicts and wars in the history of mankind. Why is that? I am sure...
The Lord is a Man of War
Israel’s war in Gaza with Hamas continues. It has been a while since I commented about this war which began with the evil attack against...
Build Me a Child (Father’s Day Weekend)
Yesterday, I was searching for a quote from Douglas MacArthur, the great WWII General that liberated the Philippines from the Japanese. I...
One Passes and Another Comes
“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth forever.” Those are the words of the Preacher found...
Family Circles
Matthew 6:33. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.” Priorities are...
In Flanders Field
I reached for a book on a shelf in the office a few days ago. It is a favorite that I like to read, and I have been blessed many times over...
Graduates, Parents, and the Danger Ahead
Graduates, Parents; Danger Ahead Congratulations are in order today. Your home has reached a milestone, and you are to be praised for years...
The Mother Who Was There
Most May’s I spend quite a bit of time thinking, reading, and praying about mothers. This coming Lord’s Day we will have a message on...
Sometimes We Must Fight
World-views are a dime a dozen. The internet, books, television, and podcasts all have people with a different worldview. But let me tell...
How Did Everything Get So Messed Up?
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of Western Society is the destruction of the nuclear family and the major problems that are birthed by its...
Best Place to Pray for Potatoes
The Best Place to Pray for Potatoes I heard a story of an aged father who loved to garden and his son who was in prison. Of course, the...
You Kids, Get Off My Lawn!
This little saying was popularized in the late 20th century. It basically refers to a crotchety, old man yelling at teenagers with him...
Fishing in the Dead Sea
Many of the people in the church love fishing. Some go to freshwater lakes and rivers, and some go deep sea fishing on the coast. I like to...
Don’t Judge Stewards Too Early
Monday and Tuesday of this week I was in Rossville, GA. with around 150 preachers. It was the annual Statewide Preacher’s Fellowship for...
Remembering S.M. Lockridge
Shadrach Meshach Lockridge was born in 1913. He died in 2000. Most of you don’t have any idea who this man was. I thought I’d share a...
I Think You Were Sent to Me by Heaven
Last night I was reading the “forbidden” chapter of Isaiah. It is said that the vast majority of synagogues around the world never open...
The Plight of a Widow
Hopes and dreams beat in the heart of everyone. We all have certain desires, and many will work to see those dreams come to pass only to...
Running From the Guilt
Many years ago, over 40, I read an article in a secular magazine and a statement in the article from a psychiatric hospital doctor said...
He Gets Us
Recently there was an ad during the Super Bowl with this title, “He Gets Us.” It was an ad by well-meaning people about “washing...
The Day for Christians
People celebrate a lot of different days during the year. Days such as birthdays, anniversaries, holidays on which we give cards to others...
Giving the Benefit of Doubt
Proverbs 18:13: “He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.” I thought about this blog on the way...
A Great Place to Belong
This little motto is one we have used around the church for at least thirty years. When we first started using it in some of the literature...
A Christian Without Church
“Here I am on a bright Sunday morning curled up in my cushy orange chair, sipping tea and loving Jesus. It’s been quite some time since...
Willing to Jump
What would you be willing to do to get close to Jesus? Peter, the head disciple, had two instances recorded in the New Testament that I...
The Day God Almost killed Moses
From time to time all of us wrestle with passages in the Bible. Things we read seem strange and we don’t always understand fully. A truth...
Commitment, Do We Really Have It?
The Gospel of John is a beautiful book. It is a book that is often recommended to new believers because of the simplicity of the stories...
Choosing Our Punishment
As far as I know there is only one place in the Bible where God allows a person to choose the punishment for their sin. I Chronicles 21...
Reasons to Thank Israel
It is six o’clock in the morning and it’s Friday. I had been praying off and on during the night for our church, our nation,...
My Top Two Reasons to Love Israel
It is six o’clock in the morning and it’s Friday. I had been praying off and on during the night for our church, our nation,...
We Stand with Israel
Abraham. Just the name of the Old Testament patriarch brings to mind stories we have heard and read about since we were children. We know...
Attempts to Murder Christ
From the beginning, yes, the very beginning, Satan has tried to stop the plan of God for salvation. The Bible tells us story after story...
Getting Dressed for Christmas
It’s the time of year for Christmas parties. We have plenty of them on the calendar. Sunday school class parties, youth parties, Awana...
A Song for Thanksgiving
Charles Spurgeon said of our Psalm today it is “one of the shortest to read and hardest to learn.” It is among a group of psalms that...
Why is He Talking to her?
This was the question that the disciples asked the Lord Jesus. John 4 tells us about one of the great encounters the Lord Jesus had with...
A Habit of Jesus
Jesus had quite a few things He did constantly. He was always going to the synagogue on the Sabbath Day. He was always compassionate with...
Enter into His Gates with Thanksgiving – Psalm 100
At various times in life, we are excited about different things. It could be a new friend, a new job, a ball team, or a hobby. I remember...
Joy from Bible Words
The words we use are important. We as Christians are admonished in the Bible to be careful in our conversation toward others. An example of...
The World’s Worst Missionary
The grace of God does for others what we most likely wouldn’t. If we were the ones doling out the grace, we would probably be selective...
Moloch Sacrifice, Still Alive Today?
The ancient Canaanites worshipped many gods, but the main god was called Moloch. Several names are offered in the Bible and extra-biblical...
A Bible and a Violin
Edward Payson Scott was born in 1832 in the United States. His parents were devoted Christians and wished the Lord to use their son,...
Pillar and Ground of the Truth
Have you ever missed a true understanding of a Bible verse? I have. The Fall of 1974, my first year of Bible college began. I loved...
Drifting Disobedience
What does this title mean? It is simply a description of a huge number of Christians today. Let me give you a mental picture. You are in a...
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that...
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that...
Put Your John Hancock Right Here
That little saying was popular when I was a kid growing up. I learned early that it meant to sign my name to the piece of paper I was...
$3 Worth of God
Wilbur Rees wrote a book with this title. In the book he writes this: I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my...
Courage to do the Right Thing
Do you ever put yourself in the place of a Bible character? I know physically you can’t, but mentally do you exchange places in your...
If it Wasn’t for the Hypocrites
Over the past fifty years I’ve heard a rendition of “I don’t go to church because of the hypocrites” many, many times. This is an...
Hearing God in a Nutty World
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” John 10:27. Are you listening to all the chaos in the world at this...
Celebrating Motherhood
I raise my hand in favor of mothers. I think motherhood is noble, queenly, wonderful, amazing, miraculous, awesome, phenomenal, special,...
God Makes Good On His Promises
Have you been disappointed when a friend or parent didn’t keep a promise? We have all experienced that disappointment and perhaps we have...
It Is…
No one ever spoke the way Jesus spoke. The words from the Bible and the methods employed made Him most unique. There is a debate as to...
Hawaiian Good Luck Sign
Someone several decades ago shared this with me. They were trying to teach me how to respond to people when they would say things to you in...
2023 Challenge
Our good God has shown himself mighty and merciful again in 2022 just as He has always done. We as a church family have seen the Lord...
Mary’s Pondering-Luke 2:19
Mary holds a very small space volume wise in the NT, but she has a huge place in the history of Christianity. Think of the thousands of...
What if it Happened at Christmas?
Normally, during this season of the year, we are reading the Christmas story of Luke and Matthew. We study it, seeking more insights than...
Veterans Day
Happy Birthday Veterans Day! The day is officially 104 years old. It began as Armistice Day which celebrated the cease fire between the...
The Little Horn
Sunday nights we have been walking with Daniel verse by verse. No book in the Old Testament has a more prophetic theme than that of Daniel....
Holy Days Challenge
No, the title isn’t a typo. I intentionally used the word ‘holy’ instead of ‘holiday’. Centuries ago people would leave their...
Thriving in the Christian Life
Most books are bought online these days, but in the not-so-distant past, bookstores were extremely popular. Most malls, another thing going...
The Unseen Hand of God
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so...
Ponder + Personalize + Practice = PEACE
Much of the Bible focuses on the mind (heart) of the believer. The Psalmist tells us, “While he was musing the fire burned” in Psalm...
Guarding the Heart
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Prov. 4:23). Solomon is calling for his son to be focused....
The Great Commision
What is a “commission” and why is it “great?” A “commission” is a command, an instruction, and a duty given to an individual or...
Prime Time
Right from the start let me personally say that very little in this life compares with a Sunday Morning when the Spirit of God is present...
Bearing Our Yoke
Lamentations 3:27, “It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.” Most often when thinking about a yoke we think of it as a...
The Going to Heaven Test
Years ago, I was told of an old spiritual that the slaves would sing, and one line of the song says, “everybody talking about heaven...
Husbands and Wives Serving Christ
Do you ever thank God for couples that love the Lord and love each other? They revel in each other’s company as they walk with the Lord...
Always Better With Jesus
“I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold; I’d rather be His than have riches untold; I’d rather have Jesus than houses or lands;...
Seeing the Magnificence
Stories fuel the imagination. That is one of the reasons I use stories in sermons and in writing. As a child, I was captivated by stories....
Changed
We hear this word changed used often at church, at work, in the media, and in our friendships. “I’ve changed, I don’t think like l...
America the Beautiful-Perhaps on Life Support
“Love of Country”, when I was a boy, was woven into the fabric of everyday life. It was normal to view our country as a special place....
A Father’s Blessing
Being a “good” father is hard. In my opinion, it is the hardest job a man will ever have, and it is the hardest job to do well. The...
Made in the Image of God
Do you look at labels on products to see where they are made? Have you ever looked at products with the “good housekeeping seal of...
Alcohol
It seems as if the Lord has been leading me recently to preach and write about various things in our culture and their impact on God’s...
What to Do With Lame Sheep
Imagine a night that has turned ugly. The winds are howling, the rains are falling fast and furious and the moon cannot be seen. Your...
Lovely, Fascinating and Charming
Could those words describe you? As I read and study the Bible, often I am captivated by people in the passages and stories that I am...
Behold the Beauty of the Lord
Thursday, I travelled to Macon, Georgia to be at a presbytery for a young man who is to be ordained. There were five of us that questioned...
108 Years Ago
What was 108 years ago? It was the first official day that mothers were celebrated in our country. Anna Jarvis is credited with making this...
What Have They Seen In Thy House?
Isaiah asked Hezekiah this question in II Kings 20:15. The Babylonian envoy had come for a visit and Hezekiah was showing them everything...
Our Ebenezer Stone
The Bible has much to say about stones and rocks. Just off the top of my head I can give you some I thought of this afternoon. Jacob had a...
I Know Where You Got that Smile
Are you happy? Another question, are you a happy Christian? I think often about the billboards that we all carry around with us. You might...
It is Finished – John 19:30
“Tetelestai.” This Greek word means to be “paid in full, to bring a transaction to completion.” But it means much more than just...
Before the Resurrection
In a few short days we will celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. It was a glorious day two thousand years ago, and it still is to the...
That’s All, Just Read the Bible
Does just reading the Bible really do anything profitable for Christians? Really now, doesn’t a believer need to dig really deep to...
How Are You Trending?
Philosophy matters! The belief system under which you operate has lifelong consequences. Roughly 45 years ago I sat in a course called...
Circle the Ifs
In a few short weeks Easter will arrive. It is my favorite Sunday of the year. The reason I love it is because it is the day we celebrate...
The Only Bible Some People Ever Read
Most people never read a Bible. Sadly, this is often true of believers. But mainly in the article today I am referencing the lost, the...
Rabboni
Without the resurrection Christianity is destroyed. “Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion” says Dr. John Stott....
Are the Pieces Coming Together?
All this week people have been asking me if I think we are living in the last days. Just yesterday, a man in middle Georgia called asking...
God Laughs at Kings
Anxiety and fear are everywhere in the world. People around the globe are not sure what is happening in their neck of the woods. The people...
Let the Wind Blow
Wind can be wonderful. I can think of many benefits that are associated with wind. There are also some dangers that can be seen from the...
Is Your Name Gomer?
For many of you older readers, your first mental picture after reading the title was the face of Gomer Pyle, USMC. I must admit that when I...
Died, Went to Hell, Saw Hitler
Thank you for praying for us. Deb and I have tested positive for Covid. Symptoms are mainly sinus pressure and dry coughing. We are...
Die, Fight and Fuss
The fundamentals of the Christian faith are a must. Without certain basic tenants, the faith that was “once delivered” (Jude 3), would...
Want More From the Bible?
Recently I challenged the church family to read their Bible completely through during 2022. Many of those in attendance at that service had...
What Does a Christian Look Like?
Last Wednesday night, I finished a ten-week series called “Conversions of the New Testament.” During those ten weeks we saw different...
The Secret to an Awesome 2022
“Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.”– Ps. 65:11 To write that the past two years have been...
Resolutions for 2022
Being resolute means you are determined to do something. Each year at this time millions of people make resolutions concerning the coming...
Santa Claus is a Baptist
I have suspected it for many years as a child growing up and about four years ago I heard it from an eyewitness, “Santa Claus is a...
Putting Your Face To The Sunrise
T. DeWitt Talmage was perhaps one of the greatest Christian orators of the 19th century. He died in 1902. I have a couple of his books in...
The Red Rose
The holidays have rolled in again. Thanksgiving is next week, and Christmas is only a little over a month away. That means that for...
The Path to Blessing
Last Sunday was a good day at the Lord’s house. Our public Bible reading for the morning came from Psalm 84 and the message I preached...
Confessing The Lord Jesus Before Others. How’s That Done?
The Bible has much to say about “confession.” The dictionary gives four ways the word can be used. It is used to tell or inform; it...
Thinking Before Thanking
“When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them...
Passing Through Bacca
The Christian life isn’t always easy. Imagine you are walking alone in a war zone. The ravages of war can be seen all around you. Houses...
Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job?
Do you know who asked that question and to whom it was asked? It was asked by the Lord when talking with Satan. That conversation took...
The Man of God
This term is tossed around quite a bit in Christian circles. As far as I can find, only one man in the whole New Testament is called a...
Are You a Ponder-er?
Luke 2 tells us it was Passover time in Israel and Jesus was 12 years old. Jerusalem would swell with visitors from each corner of Israel....
The Secret Place
We don’t know who wrote Psalm 91. It may have been Moses, David, Nathan (the prophet) or it may have been Hezekiah. It may also have been...
When…Not If
The last chapter of Ephesians gives us a huge warning. Look with me at 6:10-17, especially v.13. “Wherefore take unto you the whole armor...
September 11, 2001
Today, let me vent a little. On this day nineteen years ago, America lost 2,977 citizens when four planes were hijacked by radical Muslims....
Where Were You on September 11, 2001
Tomorrow is the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. Do you remember where you were? I do. I was finishing out the basement in case we needed it...
The Biblical Mind
“Sow a thought, reap an act. Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character.” This little proverb that’s been around for...
The Year Of The Locusts
Joel 2:25-27 I know the title sounds like something from a Chinese restaurant. In 1889 in the area around the Red Sea a plague of locusts...
I Am Not Ashamed-Romans 1:16-17
Paul is in Corinth. The Lord sure has brought him a long way in the past twenty years. He has been an apostle called out of due time for...
Marketing the Mark of the Beast
“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:...
Coming Home
It was Christmas 1974. My first year of college was half over and the Christmas break had arrived. I had never been away from home or my...
I Want to be a Good One
Many years ago, I heard a preacher tell a story of a man who lived in Texas and drank all the time. He was married to a lady that was a...
Where is God When it Hurts
Psalm 42. If I were to title that Psalm it would be something like “Where is God When It Hurts?” Travel with me mentally back to the...
Nothing New
“The craft that we call modern, The crimes that we call new, John Bunyan had them typed and filed In 1682.” – Rudyard Kipling...
Jephthah and His Daughter
Judges 11 shares with us the story of a man that brings up good thoughts in some and evil thoughts in others. You can count me as believing...
10 Lost Tribes?
Have you heard the phrase “the ten lost tribes of Israel?” For years, I have heard that phrase used and many claims about where they...
30,000 Doors
Yesterday I attended the funeral of Leo Lavinka. The Lavinka family were members of CBC for several years in the late 90’s and early...
Father’s Month is About Over
Our June Father’s Month has been a time for me to reflect about my childhood, my teen years, and even my time in college. The dad I had...
Joseph the Righteous
Being a stepfather is hard if you truly want to help raise another man’s child. Problems naturally arise especially if the children are...
Worthless Geezer
In our society, who is the adult in the home that is most likely to be considered non-essential? Now, I do not watch regular TV these days...
Hannah, The Mother that Kept Her Promise
Our mother for today is one of my favorites of the Bible. She was from a devout family yet a family with problems. Hannah was married to a...
Naomi: A Mother-in-Law with Influence
The time of the Judges was not a great time in the history of Israel. Instead of living in obedience, every man “did that which was right...
Eat Your Vegetables
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are upon us again. Over the past few days, I have been thinking about families in general, especially in...
Tag Team Those Kids
Eunice was a single mother. She had been raised in Judaism by her mother, Lois. At some point Eunice met and married a man that was a...
All Things Beautiful
Cecil Alexander wrote a little poem titled “All things Beautiful.” I will share a little of it in this blog today. How do you look at...
Men Who Ruled from the Grave
In 1990, a man named David Breese released a book called “7 Men who Rule the World from the Grave.” It is a fascinating book that I...
Questions After Covid
Governor Kemp has lifted his executive orders concerning the Covid restrictions for our state as of Thursday. PTL! We have all hopefully...
Many Infallible Proofs
The book that connects the Old Testament times to the church age is the book of Acts. It is transitional in that it moves us into an era of...
Palm Sunday
Sunday is Palm Sunday. What exactly is that? It is the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a little donkey, a foil, proclaiming himself to be...
Elizabeth – “God is my Oath”
Elizabeth is married to a priest named Zacharias. He is of the order, the division, of Abia which began during the time of King David. Abia...
…Words Seemed as Idle Tales
“Old English idle ‘empty, useless’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijdel ‘vain, frivolous, useless’ and...
What did Jesus do While His Body was in the Grave?
Easter is coming in a few days and we, just like millions around the world, plan to celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of the...
The Big “Ifs”
In a few short weeks Christians around the world will celebrate Easter. It is the biggest day on the calendars for those that name Jesus as...
Reading Your Bible or Praying?
What is more important, reading your Bible or praying? That was a question I heard on a Christian radio station as I drove into the office...
Pleasure in the Works of God
Psalm 111. My what a wonderful Psalm. It is an acrostic in the Hebrew. Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet is used by the unknown Psalmist...
God Will Visit You
Joseph is a wonderful, perhaps the most perfect, type of Christ in the Old Testament. Almost all the people that lived on the pages of the...
Mars Hill Bravery
The Apostle Paul was constantly being chased, harassed, and on certain occasions physically beaten, all for the cause of the Gospel of...
The Tribulation Temple
Frequently people ask my opinion about prophecy and my understanding of certain passages in both the Old and New Testaments. “When will...
But Gather the Wheat Into My Barn
Matthew 13 is familiar to students of the Bible. It concerns the parables of the Kingdom. The parable I wish for you to focus on today is...
Help Me!
Do you find yourself at a loss for words when you pray? It seems that the closer the burden, the harder it is to find words. How much...
I’m Planning on Joy in the New Year
Do you plan to have a good year this coming year? Proverbs 23:7 tells us that “as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Last year...
The Dead Still Have a Vote
We are all human and like to be praised. It strokes our egos and we mentally pull up our imaginary gun belts in the best Barney Fife...
The Stars of Christmas
Have you been hearing about the Christmas star that will be seen this Christmas season? You haven’t heard about it? Check out one source,...
Jesus Did Not Begin in Bethlehem
Most of those reading this blog already know this truth. I want to give you the teaching and a couple of the passages for your quiver...
What are We Predestined to?
Predestination is a scary word for some and a fighting word for others. Today, Christians will fuss over this topic ad nauseum. I want to...
Salt, What Good is it?
Jesus said, “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for...
Dear Ed Sullivan
“The Lord’s Day!” Just saying those beautiful words brings a smile to me. The Lord Jesus Christ has done so much for us. He has saved...
Cards for the Heart
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I...
Are the Phrases “Kingdom of Heaven” and “Kingdom of God” Different?
As a new Christian, almost 50 years ago, I began reading the Bible voraciously. I couldn’t get enough of the Word of God. I began to...
Fearing God – A Smart Choice
Travel back in time with me to ancient Egypt during the time of the Pharaohs, approximately 1500 BC,. Thutmose I, Egyptian Pharaoh, is on...
God’s Home
What images are conjured in your mind when you hear the word “home”? Today, Deb and I will leave our house early and travel to...
God’s Home
What images are conjured in your mind when you hear the word home? Today, Deb and I will leave our house early and travel to SE Georgia....
God’s Generosity
Access, blessings, and answers are all bestowed on us because of the generosity of God. God is the greatest of all givers. The first and...
God’s Generosity
Access, blessings, and answers are all bestowed on us because of the generosity of God. God is the greatest of all givers. The first and...
Noah, the Preacher
Those that follow my blog know that I hold to a literal interpretation of the scripture. A few days ago, I was driving my oldest...
Fearsome Creatures
Recently, I have been telling my oldest grandchildren about Hoop-snakes, Slide-Rock-Bolters, Hidebehinds, and Splinter Cats. These fearsome...
Eli’s Only Bright Spot
As the days of the Judges in Israel were about to cease, there is a man named Eli. He is the High Priest. We don’t really know how he...
God Can’t Do It!
I was directed to a YouTube channel that was hilarious. My intentions are to watch more of this lady in the future. Her face is digitally...
Who Cares About Some Old Proverbs?
Not fools; but a person that wishes to be wise certainly does. Today is September 1, so as I do many mornings, I opened my Bible to the...
A Passage to Practice
“Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with...
What are You Musing About?
Several years ago, I preached a sermon from Psalm 39:3, “My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I...
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living...
The Greatest Evangelist
Who is the greatest evangelist of all time? What messenger has brought more people to Christ than any other? In my early Christian life, I...
God is Our Fortress – Psalm 46
Confidence. Great parents seek to instill it in their children, great coaches seek to instill it in their players, and great teachers seek...
The Two Most Powerful Words
What are the two words when placed next to each other that make this statement true? For a couple of weeks now, I haven’t been able to...
What Does it Mean to Walk with God?
Walking with God is a term used often in the Bible. Does it mean you head over to the local park and start walking the nature trail? Do you...
Rightly Dividing
What does that phrase mean in II Timothy 2:15? Read the verse a couple of times, slowly, focusing on the words and especially that two-word...
Tree or Trees of Life?
I like to pick vegetables, especially cherry tomatoes, and eat them while I’m in the garden. They are best when you roll them around on...
The Crowns of Jesus
I only know of three places in the New Testament where we are told that Jesus has a crown placed on his head. Today, let me share...
All Roads Lead to the Gospel
We all have heard the saying that “all roads lead to Rome.” The ancient Romans were not only an empire of soldiers but of builders. The...