For those who follow Jesus wherever He wisely chooses to lead, there will be seasons in the shadowed valley. Not every measured time period in our lives will be lived ...

With so many of us sequestered away from what once constituted our normal lives, I would like to share something that the Father has been speaking to me about in ...

“Let Your work be shown to your servants, and Your glorious power to their children.  Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work ...

The Bible does an amazing job at balancing the human experience  with a divine dosage of reality.  Perhaps one of the easiest ways to bring harm to the cause of ...

There is something healthy and helpful with the concept of “go a little farther”.  It is not something I am always conscious of, but this principle really does guide so ...

Maybe most of us fear hitting rock-bottom because we somehow became convinced it is the one place in the cosmos where God does not exist.  Most everyone has a scenario ...

A few years back, I shared a message of comfort from the book of Lamentations with the people of Meadow Baptist Church.  I called that message "A Strange Place For ...

There is a happy woman in Hoschton, Georgia. She has been nearly giddy over the dropping temperatures. She spoke in excited tones when she saw some browned leaves on the ...

When things are comfortable, safe and manageable, I feel confidently secure.  When circumstances are well-oiled and unobstructed, I easily sense momentum, empowerment and certainty.  During times of human approval, when ...

Sunday worship reminds us that we are a people who are living in-between.  There is an already-but-not-yet reality to the Christian life and our gatherings on Sunday punctuate this in ...

Samson was a human see-saw. Up one moment and way down the next, this man’s life is one of the most interesting of all the people in the Old Testament. ...

It is important to preface my thoughts today with an acknowledgment: God reserves the right to move His people from one place to another, from one set of priorities to ...

“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” ...

Hear me loudly and clearly on this: God is for you on a level that you do not understand.  He loves you with a depth that no human on this ...

Waking up this morning to begin a fairly busy week of ministry, my first duty was the life-changing, soul-stirring, high impact task of... turning off all the outdoor Christmas lights. ...

My kids have been great sources of material for my sermons and blogs for years.  It is a questionable pastor who passes up the heaps of illustrations and anecdotes that ...

Today my family will trek down to Atlanta Medical Center, a place which became an unwelcome part of our lives last Summer after the collision which severely injured my precious ...

Occasionally it's good for us to simply believe that God really does delight in pouring out blessing upon us.  Many of you are like me in that you have to ...

Most of God's children find themselves in a constant state of waiting for one thing or another.  You have desires in your heart that are so powerful that, sometime during ...

Your life is always in flux.  You are growing, aging, changing, becoming stronger in some ways and finding yourself weaker in others.  People move in and out of your life ...

There is one thing that you must accept in this life.  Pain, heartbreak and tragedy will touch you at some point.  We are not afforded permanent insulation from the undesirable ...

Most of you never met Deborah Samples; she is my mother in law and she lives in Heaven now.  After a devastating auto collision in June of last year, she ...

Perhaps you've wondered at times why you can't seem to achieve consistency in your Christian walk.  Maybe you have experienced highs and lows and have learned over time that your ...

Today is merely one beautiful point on the long spectrum of your existence. The best awaits you in the future. Sovereignty never takes a holiday.  The fathomless, inexhaustible God over ...

Last Sunday evening was a helpful, healthy time in God's Word.  I'm preaching through a topical series concerning what constitutes biblical love and all day the focus was on loving ...