Serving In The Church
This week was our Carpenters for Christ projects at Eastern Hills. Because of the pandemic we did not have a trip scheduled so we had local projects. I always enjoy this week because it gives me an opportunity to help others and in turn serve God through construction projects. This year we had two projects […]
What Makes Southern Baptists Unique?
Next week is the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. This is a unique meeting of churches in that it is technically the only time the Southern Baptist Convention exists. Two days a year like minded churches come together for mutual encouragement and cooperation on issues such as missions, theology, and culture. Those churches […]
Total Eclipse
August 21, 2017 was an event that threw me straight into the Twilight Zone. Actually, it was 1:32 PM and it was the most amazing 2 minutes and 19 seconds of my life! […]
How Does Your Garden Grow?
For most of my married life I have enjoyed vegetable gardening. Not the multi-acre gardens I remember growing up on a farm in rural Conecuh County, Alabama, but a small, manageable plot that supplements our food source with delectable fresh produce. Harvests of green beans, yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cabbage and the like […]
Run Your Race
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its […]
A Call To Pray
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask […]
Who Is He That Even The Wind and Waves Obey Him
I was raised in a family of fishermen. As long as I can remember we fished out in the Everglades along the many canals. We fished from bridges and from the banks of both fresh and salt water. We also have had a boat for as long as I can remember. My brother got […]
Living In Darkness
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. John 8:12. Recently I was doing some yard work. The afternoon soon turned to dusk, but I worked on to finish up the project at hand. I had enough light […]
Good Friday
Good Friday is a day we remember death. The day affects everyone because death affects everyone. Fifty-five million people a year die. That’s about a hundred and five a minute. That’s two people every second. The author of Hebrews pointed out the brutal fact that it is appointed to every person to die once (Heb. […]
Fishers of Men
“And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19 I grew up in a fishing family. My mom and dad fished as long as I can remember. We fished in canals in the everglades. I was not always the best fishing companion because I felt sorry for […]