As we sometimes tend to glamorize the faith of the saints in Scripture, and as we wish that we had faith and like theirs, let us remember: Jacob was only ...

Standing in a convenience store this weekend, I heard a song from my junior year of high school being piped in through the store’s speakers. It was one of my ...

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 ...

Emails used to haunt me when I was working sixty office hours a week.  My inbox would be full of communications from a host of different sorts of people.  On ...

You have been in some bad places before.  You know what it is like to have the acrid taste of anxiety flavor everything you are digesting in life.  You know ...

One of the amazing aspects of the bible is that it is timeless in its central themes.  Though the cultures of the human authors in scripture were different from our ...

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 ...

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 ...

What humbles you? Scripture points us to the conclusion that humility is an essential part of the life which brings God glory as it esteems others more essential than itself.  ...

When the moving vans pulled away from our new home last Thursday I realized that a four-month process had come full circle.  The Lyles had been relocated from the hustle ...

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 ...

Okay, I just chose the above title in order to get you to read today's post about leaders and followers.  I repent of the manipulation but really hope it works. ...

Yesterday brought me the news that my former pastor has been diagnosed with cancer.  Years ago, Jack Lawson went way out on a thin limb for me when reason might ...

Sundays always come about with my heart full of anticipation.  I love the Lord's Day and eagerly look forward to the activities associated with the gathering of the saints at ...

Monday and I have not been on good terms for years.  We have an understanding that we need to make the best of an awkward relationship but I can tell ...

Perhaps one of the most tragic things to occur in the life of a Christian would be for that individual to live a listless, unmotivated life.  I perceive that it ...

On Wednesday, December 14th 1994 I experienced what is commonly referred to as "the call to preach".  I sensed strongly that night an inner voice compelling me to give my ...

Perhaps one of the most practical Christian certainties we must have in order to joyfully continuing following Christ is the confidence that He is truly "for us".  I don't want ...