Do you ever find yourself faking kindness or love to somebody? Maybe it’s that person that sort of gets under your skin. Maybe it’s that person who hurt you in the past. Maybe it’s that person that you just don’t like or have a bad feeling about. What if that person is in your church? Should you just continue to fake it?…
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CONNECT people to Christ and POUR into their lives His teaching so they'll OVERFLOW for the glory of God
Posts from 2010
Well, the Christmas season is finally fully upon us. Indeed, it is the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s also one of the most stressful times of the year. Can I get a witness?! Do you ever walk away from a holiday family get-together saying, “Man, I’ve got one messed up family,”? I mean, everybody has that Cousin Eddie from…
One of the most fascinating doctrines of the Bible is the doctrine of end times, properly called eschatology. If you were to ask the average person, particularly in the Southern Baptist Convention, what’s going to happen in the end, they would certainly affirm that Jesus Christ is coming back, but they’d also likely say that Jesus’ return will be in two stages. …
I absolutely love a baptism service! Some might imagine a quiet version of “Holy, Holy, Holy” as the soundtrack to baptism, but I hear rousing, triumphant versions of “How Great Is Our God” or “Crown Him with Many Crowns” in the background. I get a little excited! Just ask my church. They have laughingly said,…
Is marriage in deep trouble here in America? Al Mohler thinks so and has written a thought-provoking article on the state of marriage in the United States. In case you don’t know him, Mohler is the president of the SBC’s flagship seminary, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He’s also a frequent speaker, author, and convention leader. In my opinion, he’s also the leading Evangelical…
This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for many things, but certainly I’m thankful truth. No doubt, truth is on the slide given the prevailing philosophies of our day, which mock truth and those that hold to it. Today’s culture reportedly loves “spirituality” but hates truth. However, Jesus has clearly said that there is direct relation between freedom and truth. You see, there’s no freedom…
Sam had for some time had his eye on Monica. She was stunningly beautiful and had the sort of personality that people gravitated toward. She just made the people around her feel good with her cheerfulness and laughter. They had worked together for some time now, and Sam had been trying for a few weeks to muster the courage to ask her…
On October 20th, I had the privilege of delivering the doctrinal message at the Salem Baptist Association annual meeting. Lonnie Wilkey, who’s the editor of our state Baptist newspaper “Baptist & Reflector,” was in attendance and later asked me to turn a section of my message into an article for the “B&R.” The following is what I submitted to him. The article was subsequently…
Can true Christians lose their salvation? In other words, can a person be truly saved and then truly lost later? This question is, of course, very important but has been a controversial point throughout the ages. Many have believed and do believe that true Christians cannot lose their salvation while at the same time many have believed and do believe the opposite.…
First, please read the article posted by Dr Russell Moore, dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (my alma mater), called “Seven Reasons Halloween Judgment Houses Miss the Mark,” and then come back to read my two additions to the seven reasons below the Judgment House logo. In the past, I have been part of putting on a…