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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
$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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...