THE BANANA THAT MADE US CRY Rev. A.J. Ogden Born in extreme poverty and knowing not what it meant to have fruits, candy, ice cream and many goodies every day, I really appreciate a small thing, like a banana. For some reason I seemed to crave...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THANK YOU LORD Rev. A.J. Ogden David begins Psalm 103 with a hearty “Thank you Lord,” and continues to praise Him all the way through. Listen to him express his appreciation for all his blessings of today, yesterday, and forever....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A.J. Ogden Here are ten ways to be unhappy. If you wish to be well balanced, fulfilled and joyful, just ignore the ten points I’ve made here. No. 1 – Just live in the past. Don’ make any effort to adjust to changing times....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Storms Reveal What We Really Are Rev. A. J. Ogden After hurricane Katrina, there were good people there to help the victims, from Maine to California, and every other state. Food, water, medicine, and transportation was furnished by people they...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
STEALING IN OUR COUNTRY Rev. A.J. Ogden In Exodus 20:15, “Thou shalt not steal” is of course one of the Ten Commandments, and is broken probably more times than any of them. Stealing is a worldwide problem that seems to grow worse...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SPEAK UNTO US SMOOTH THINGS Rev. A.J. Ogden If we had the opportunity to speak to the prophet Isaiah today, he would say that these days are pretty much the same as when he lived and preached. Then, as now, people did not want to be confronted...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SODOM AND GOMORRAH Rev. A.J. Ogden Numerous potential enemies surround our great nation in our day. There is a threat of nuclear war looming on our horizon. Aids is rampant in our world of immorality. Sexual immorality threatens our very...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Rev. A.J. Ogden As a young lad fishing on the creek banks of Wilkinson County, MS, I faced many dangers such as snakes and drowning. One time when the water was really too high from a flood rain to be fishing, my friend Junous (June) Lewis and I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SEARCH ME, O GOD Rev. A.J. Ogden For those who are born again believers, it is good for us to take inventory of our own imperfect lives. We must be sure we really want to know how imperfect we really are in God’s sight, and be willing to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SATAN’S SUPER HIGHWAY Rev. A.J. Ogden Crowded is the multilane highway to hell, and every hour is like the peak hour traffic on our busy interstate roads. Millions drop off into that horrible torment called hell every day. At most of our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]