If you were told that you had about 2 hours, 40 minutes left to live, what would you do with your remaining time? Surely, this is not a scenario in which you would like to find yourself, and yet, for one man in 1912, this was exactly the dilemma...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The old adage, “the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world,” may be time-worn and faded; but the truth it contains was never more new. We find ourselves today in a culture that has managed to achieve an almost complete sexual amalgamation...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As our congregation has prepared itself for our constituting as a church, we have been reflecting much on the history and significance of those who have gone before us and upon whose shoulders we stand. Especially have we thought about our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
LEARN TO DIE! “What we need in our churches today is better education.” This statement recently fell on my ears from the “fount of wisdom” opened to me by a young, twenty-something-year-old Christian college graduate. As we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
How To Boil a Frog “Did you know that you can put a frog in a pot of cold water and set the pot on a slow fire and that frog will sit right there until he boils to death and never even attempt to jump out.” I’m not sure just how old I was when I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"O, Grow Up!" We all remember hearing those words at some point in our childhood, don't we? Usually it was the annoyed response of an older brother or sister, or the older sibling of a playmate, after we had pulled some particularly childish...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Thus saith the LORD, “Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls…” (Jeremiah 6:16). How timely is this advice for our day! In this text, the prophet,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Objection Stated The English dictionary defines pretense as: a claim made or implied, especially one not supported by fact; a false show. Multitudes in the American Southeast have accepted that the Baptist Southerner of today is the Baptist...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
