What do you think most Christians really crave to hear preached? Practical insight? Something motivational? Were people polled, I imagine many would answer accordingly. However, a recent server log gave me reason to pause and reflect on something I have believed for years. People, especially people who are outsiders to the message of grace, need to…
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Am I A Pharisee? 12 Signs to Watch Out For
In Jesus’ day, the Pharisees were an prominent group of religious Jews often regarded as being holy and spiritual. While their founding (150s BC) ideal was noble – separation from sinfulness and adherence to God’s law – by the 1st Century AD they had become a harsh group of self-righteous elitists, often passing judgment on…
I’m Still A Guy
A few years ago, country music star Brad Paisley released a hit entitled “I’m Still A Guy.” While certainly not gospel (and perhaps a bit too graphic), it was amusing and spoke to the lamentable feminization of men in our country. I enjoyed the song and laughed along when I first listened. Not too long…
The Youth Are Craving Simplicity
The Youth Are Craving Simplicity: An Unchanging God Expects Unchanged Biblical Worship in an Ever Changing World “I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?” 2 Corinthians 12:18 Growing up in the Primitive Baptist Church I always…
God’s Concern
Lately at Flint River, I have been attempting to preach through the book of Daniel. It’s been encouraging, in that Daniel is a book of one deliverance in the face of persecution after another. It also speaks to the Divine inspiration of scripture, in that God discloses the reality of the next three world empires…
Solomon’s Prayer and Christ our Temple
Recently, our Wednesday night studies led us to Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication for the Temple. As you recall, from the time of Moses until David, the worship of God was centered around a portable structure called The Tabernacle. Lest you think that inferior, God Himself ordered the production and the layout of the Tabernacle. Within…
Are You Converted?
Ask yourself this question: Do I stand in need of conversion? Pointed question? Terrifying thought? It ought to cause us all to engage in a period of self reflection. Caveat To be clear, I refer to conversion and not regeneration. The new birth (regeneration, quickening) is a GOD ONLY action. It is literally life from death….
Quote – Purpose of the Gospel
Below is an excerpt from The Autobiography of Elder Wilson Thompson, Chapter 26. “They denied that the preaching of the gospel had any power to convert the dead sinner, or to give him life, and declared that man in nature was dead in trespasses and sins, and that as no means could be used to give…
Idle Hands and Opportunity to Sin
Too much time on your hands? Idleness is warned against in the scriptures. Not only does it cause us to be unproductive, it also opens the door to sinful activity. Consider the lesson in Luke 11:24-26. In this, Jesus gives an example of an unclean spirit being cast out of a man, only to find…