On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The event inspired President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to call it, “a date which will live in infamy!” What if he had chosen, “badness,” “perpetuity,” or simply “history.” His speech would not be regarded as one of the most important presidential addresses ever given. The phrase elicits
Rosalie Teitloff, Everleigh Waelde, Margot Brown, Ford Shepherd, Barrett Crouch, and Millie Rabbitt were born by the will of man. Jonas Price, Chey Davidson, Hadley Griffy, Jazmine Babb, Kevin Peirce, and Casey Barrett were born of God! “Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing
“Let me ask you only this: ‘Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith’”-Galatians 3:2 Have you ever thought it strange that “Hear” was the first of the “Five Steps” taught to so many newcomers to Christ? I always found it was odd. My thought was, “Well, of
I remember when I first heard about people being depressed around the holidays. My only thought was, “Really?” As a young person, it was hard to understand how anyone could get down with all the good food and presents flying around. But as I got older, I began to understand holiday depression can be a
As a minister, you never want to minimize sin. Sin brought death into the world. Sin cost God his one and only Son. Sin put a guiltless Jesus on the cross. Without a proper understanding of sin, you are incapable of grasping the gospel. I find myself divided between two kinds of lessons on the
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”-Genesis 1:1-3 I was reading a
Growing up the son of a deacon in the 13th and Main congregation in Blytheville, Arkansas, I heard many a sermon about “the great apostasy” prophesied by the Holy Spirit. The gist of the lessons was this: The church was built the way God, through Jesus, desired it. The Holy Spirit gave perfect instruction. The