Memorial Day is a day that America has set aside to remember those who died while serving our country in the armed forces. From what I have read, Memorial Day originated after the Civil War as an effort to remember those who had fallen in that way, and by the turn of the 20th centuryContinue reading “Remembering a most special Memorial Day”
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Encourage a mother this Mother’s Day
Sunday is Mother’s Day 2015. My Mother’s Day sermon is ready and plans are made to honor our mothers here at Lakeside on Sunday. I am so very grateful for my own mother, Janice Corbin, who raised me to love the Lord and provided for me in countless ways. I am very grateful for myContinue reading “Encourage a mother this Mother’s Day”
Challenging trends in the same-sex marriage debate
As a pastor, I use words every week in my speaking and writing. I am also an observer of the words people use, the arguments people make, and how they make their arguments. In recent months, I have seen a definite shift in terms of the debate regarding same-sex marriage in our culture. As aContinue reading “Challenging trends in the same-sex marriage debate”
40 Days of Prayer for Moral & Spiritual Awakening
I am publicly joining Dr. Rick Lance and Dr. Travis Coleman in encouraging Alabama Baptists particularly and all Bible believing Christians generally to pray specifically and daily for moral and spiritual awakening to come in America. Just today the headlines in our nation show our great need for this to happen. On one hand theContinue reading “40 Days of Prayer for Moral & Spiritual Awakening”
Being a friend to your pastor (or a staff member)
“As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.” (Proverbs 27:17, NKJV) Recently Becky and I went out to dinner with a couple from our church with whom we have become friends. It was a couple of hours filled with laughter, stories, and great food. It wasn’t a sermon or aContinue reading “Being a friend to your pastor (or a staff member)”
A Good Friday prayer
No, I’m not going to write out a prayer for you to pray. I am going to encourage you to pray this Good Friday. Read these passages, meditate on them, and pray this Good Friday. I will see you in church on Sunday to celebrate the glorious resurrection of Christ! “But He was pierced becauseContinue reading “A Good Friday prayer”
Visiting with an Old Friend – Psalm 27
This week leading up to Easter, I am consciously trying to spend less time looking at a screen (either the TV or my iPad) and more time consciously in the Word. Tonight as I settled in for the evening and began to catch up on my Bible reading plan, I realized that tonight’s reading wouldContinue reading “Visiting with an Old Friend – Psalm 27”
A needed lesson on Baptist polity
This week the Madison Baptist Association in Huntsville has made the news because of the action they took on Tuesday to remove Weatherly Heights Baptist Church from fellowship in the association. This action stemmed from the support of and participation in gay weddings by some ministers from the church. As I watched & read theContinue reading “A needed lesson on Baptist polity”
A Powerful Word in a Changing World
It’s so wonderful when the Word of God speaks to us in a new and fresh way. Over the weekend in my personal Bible reading Psalm 12 jumped off the page for me. As many times as I have read it, it is more meaningful to me today than ever before. First please allow meContinue reading “A Powerful Word in a Changing World”
The Greatest Generation
This week I visited a church member in the ICU of a local hospital. Even though he had been through a rough time, he was able to talk with me and in our conversation he referred to his time in combat during World War II. As I talked with him, I was humbled and aContinue reading “The Greatest Generation”
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