In Ephensians 1, Paul tells the Ephesian church that he never ceases to give thanks for them and lists two reasons why. One reason is their faith in the Lord Jesus. They had made a radical move from paganism to Christianity through a powerful work of God. Faith is how that happened. Scripture says that…

My dad is a bit of a junker and scrapper. He’ll take things that most folks would throw away and pile it up on top the hill there on his land where nobody can see it. And when he gets enough and the market is right, he’ll go sell all of that and make a…

Count your blessings. Name them one by one. Count your blessings. See what God has done. Indeed, all human beings have been blessed by God in some form or fashion, but if you are a Christian, you have been super-blessed. In fact, the Holy Spirit through Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 1 that we…

How are you feeling today? Do you feel strong or weak? Well, the Bible says the joy of the Lord is your strength and as we close out the book of Romans, Apostle Paul points to one of the greatest reasons you and I as Christians have to rejoice:  the mystery of Christ has been…

The Bible is full of teaching that will change your life, but one of the most pithy and profound sayings that will have a massive impact on your life is found in Romans 16:19, where the Holy Spirit through Apostle Paul says, “…be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is…

As Apostle Paul comes to the end of his letter to the Romans, we see something pretty interesting. He starts giving out a ton of shoutouts. Do you know what a shoutout is? Today, it would be like me saying, “Hey, I wanna give a shoutout to my man Tom Butler and my dude Randy…

Do you want to be obedient to the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you want to show that you love the Holy Spirit? Then do what Apostle Paul calls us to in Romans 15: prayer. He writes, “I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive…

For those of us who live in the South, it’s hard to imagine not knowing about Jesus. We have a church on every corner, it seems. Christianity is such an important part of our culture and community. It’s like Christianity is everywhere. But that’s not the case everywhere in the world. In fact, did you…

You and I carry around with us every day a set of keys. Each one is designed to unlock something. For instance, this key right here unlocks the ignition switch on my Silverado so that I can start my engine. This key here unlocks the door to my house so that I might enter in.…

From 2008-2014, I had the joy of serving as pastor of a Baptist church in the middle Tennessee town of Alexandria, which is about 50 miles east of Nashville. Alexandria doesn’t have a lot of people, but it’s filled with great people. Of course, we weren’t the only church in town. There were several, but…