On the first day of the week for nearly two millennia, the followers of Christ have found a time and place to gather with one another for the purpose of ...

In just a few days we will pause and remember that, eighteen years ago, some of our enemies did great harm to us.  Terror was introduced to our homeland as ...

After a week of a spiritual mini-retreat, I'm grateful to get back in the saddle on the blog today. From February 14-23, I was visiting the House of Prayer in ...

You have likely wondered on occasion whether or not God is actually for you. Most of the time when this occurs, there are some forces in play: unfavorable circumstances which ...

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 ...

Every human soul has an immeasurable state of existence awaiting.  Ever since I was a young boy I have allowed my mind to occasionally ponder the concept of forever.  As ...

“The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows those who take refuge in Him.” – Nahum 1:7 What a constant encouragement this verse proves to ...

"On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,   and He saw two boats ...

Jesus was born once upon on earth that we might be born twice for Heaven. Jesus was announced by angelic heralds so that we might learn the value of proclaiming ...

My son sometimes leaves the cereal boxes open and puts them back in the pantry.  The tops of those boxes have to be precisely opened because, if they get torn, ...

It is probably good for me to go ahead and confess that I have been negligent in my ministry concerning one specific book in the Bible: The Song of Solomon.  ...

You have likely wondered on occasion whether or not God is actually for you.  Most of the time when this occurs there are some forces in play: guilt over some ...

It doesn't matter how old you are.  Your race or nationality are insignificant.  Male or female is not the issue, nor is whether you are a follower of Jesus Christ ...

"Blessed is the one who is not offended by Me." - Luke 7:23 {ESV} That's a beatitude from the Lord Jesus which rarely gets any press. This statement from the ...

I know what it is to live in dryness.  Days spent in a baked-earth reality have been my personal Christian experience more often than I care to admit.  Beyond the ...

On this precious Lord’s Day I am reveling in the amazing reality that I have been graced to fully trust in the truth of God through Christ. As a former ...

There is some news of which we stand in need of regular reminding.  This is not theory nor fanaticism nor false alarm.  What I wish to remind us of today ...

Sweet relief is ours this morning with a precious promise from on high. In a heated and hostile world, where does the Christian find hope for his or her continuance? ...

As I take a look around me, the world I live in, the head I think with, the heart I feel with, the church I pastor and the people in ...

The calendar has turned, the confetti has fallen, the hangovers have passed and life's grind resumes for everyone as holiday tunes and Auld Lang Syne fade out for another twelve ...

It is the Sunday before Christmas and I cannot wait to preach from Luke 2 this morning.  My plan for our annual Christmas Eve service tomorrow is to share briefly ...

There's a series of beer commercials here in the United States that are well put together.  Don't send me critical emails because I'm not a Baptist pastor endorsing the product ...

Before the first week of November is finished I will have long grown weary of this political season in America.  I already know the man for whom I will vote ...

Our minds cloud easily.  Clutter enters one worthless piece at a time and, before long, our thoughts are in disarray.  Somewhere along the line our emotions become tangled up in ...

Wait...hope...rest...trust...pour out your heart.  Now this is great advice for every Monday. Hear it:  Wait... hope... rest... trust... pour out your heart.  One of the beautiful things about the bible ...