I once had dinner with Dr. Forest Feezor, a 91-year-old retired Baptist preacher who at one time was the executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. I asked him what he would do if he had his life and ministry to live over again. He said, “Really, not very much. I’ve always sought to live by the...
The experience of the cross is graphically described for us in the gospels. The scriptures say that after Pilate had condemned Jesus to death, he “scourged him” (v.15). Scourging was a barbarous and inhumane punishment. The victim was stripped to his waist, his hands were tied to a pole, and he was beaten with a w...
We had a good service this morning. We had four people join our fellowship. Two men in their late fifties or early sixties made professions of faith, and that was a great experience. Last week I looked out across the congregation and made a mental note that I needed to see one of them this week and talk to him about the Lord....
The poet James Whitcomb Riley was once attacked verbally by a vile-tempered man, and someone asked how he responded to the man. He said, “I responded by hitting him with a great big chunk of silence.”
One of the amazing things about Jesus is the masterful way in which he used silence—especially...
There are and have always been only three views that a person can hold concerning Jesus Christ. You can look upon Jesus as a deceiver, you can look upon him as deluded, or you can look upon him as divine.
Open your Bibles to the book of Mark 16, beginning with verse 14 and going through the remainder of the chapter. We will look in a little while at this passage of scripture as it has to do with our challenge and our work as the people of God and our great missionary effort.
Some time ago one of our TV viewers, Sue Dar...