When you think about the American South, what iconic things come to mind that represent it for you? Several jump out to me, but one of my favorites is the live oak tree. Rooted like an ancient sentinel, the live oak stands with a wide, unshakable presence–its gnarled limbs stretching outward like arms embracing the…
Every Halloween, we are inundated with all of these scary movies coming out to the theaters. I never have cared for them. I’m too big of a chicken. But lots of folks enjoy a controlled situation like that where they can get scared. It’s thrilling. It’s an adrenaline rush. But so much of that is…
If I were to poll this community on which Bible topics most interest them, I’m guessing that the doctrine of end times would be tops on that poll. For most folks, that doctrine is so intriguing because there’s so much mystery surrounding it and because it’s going to be the climax of the drama of…
This old world is filled with fakes and frauds and those who are easily fooled. It’s filled with people who willfully want to prey upon your hopes and dreams, but also those who are just deceived and ignorant and don’t know any better. One of the areas of our greatest hope is in the return…
Back in the 1960s, there was a popular TV show called “Lost in Space.” It was about a family with the last name Robinson who was commissioned to leave Earth to colonize a new planet. The main character on the show was a Robinson child named Will. Like any good space drama, Will had a…
Are you fluent in Christianese? Christianese is the insider language that church people speak, which may sound confusing or odd to non-Christians. Words or phrases like traveling mercies, hedge of protection, the balm of Gilead, justification, any unspokens, if that don’t get you fired up your wood’s wet, wanna join my d-group, my small group,…
Easter is this coming Sunday, and I want to invite you to join us to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus at Collinsville First Baptist Church. This Sunday we’ll have two identical Easter services, one at 8:30 AM and one at 10:30 AM. I would just thrill us to have you and your whole family come…
Easter is this coming Sunday, and I want to invite you to join us to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus at Collinsville First Baptist Church. This Sunday we’ll have two identical Easter services, one at 8:30 AM and one at 10:30 AM. I would just thrill us to have you and your whole family come…
Welcome to Holy Week, the intense week of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, leading up to His crucifixion and resurrection. Yesterday was Palm Sunday, where Jesus triumphantly rode into Jerusalem with throngs of people rejoicing in Him as the Messiah Christ. Jesus of course knew that he was coming into Jerusalem not as…
Right now, our culture is dangerously confused about what is right and wrong, what is good and evil. We see that confusion in the debates around sexuality and gender. We see it in the conversation about the sanctity of life, when life begins, and when life should end. We also see it in the discussion…