Over the years, I have often been teased about my southern accent. While it is not as pronounced as it once was, I realize that when I speak a common question is, “Where are you from?” Now before you think that being southern is all that bad, may I remind you that Paul said “you all” thirty-one times in his writings! Your…

I rarely give this space to others. But prayerfully read this from my nephew, Jeff. He is almost ninety years of age. He called to see if he could visit with me for just a few minutes after Wednesday night Bible study. My dear brother said, “You’ve probably noticed that I’ve missed a few services lately.” He explained how his wife has…

It is hard to imagine anyone who has faith in God who has not had those moments when they begin to reflect about all that God has done for them and wonder how they could be so blessed. In those sobering moments of reflection, we look at ourselves and think of how many times we have not measured up to the high…

First Corinthians chapter fourteen shows that the church at Corinth had a problem which impacted their assembly. This made it impossible for worship to take place. The miraculous gifts were designed to enhance worship, but the abuse of them created chaos. The misuse of the gift of tongues made worship impossible. The gift of tongues had their place. It was designed to…

The spiritual picture of Israel during the time of Samson was so bleak. True enough, the mighty judge did so much to defeat the Philistines, but the immorality of his life brought shame on the nation God had treasured above all nations. There was, perhaps, hope that Eli, the new judge appointed by God, would bring greater spirituality to Israel, but such…

We know the Lord’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount about the two gates facing each of us. One is wide and leads to destruction; the other is narrow and leads to life.  We may not know that later Jesus spoke about this. It would profit us all to think about what He said as recorded in Luke chapter thirteen. He…

I know that these words will be misunderstood by many, but I cannot be true to myself and my place in service to God and neglect to express myself on the implication of the coming presidential election. There are vital moral implications of the decisions which confront each of us in the next few weeks. I have absolutely no desire to violate…

We think so often about the great commission which Jesus gave to the twelve to preach the gospel to every creature. Those taught were to do what Jesus had told the apostles to do—to go and make disciples of all nations and to teach those disciples to do the same. This is the nature of the gospel. We who have been taught…