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It’s hard to believe that it’s been fourteen years since that terrible day: September 11, 2001.  Each year on this day, my mind goes back to that day and its horrors.  Time marches on.  Only the students who are in high school now have any memory of that day. The vast majority of those inContinue reading “Reminders on September 11”

The feedback from people regarding the PRAY message series has been a great blessing and encouragement to me. To be honest, it has probably challenged me personally as much as any series I have preached in some time.  Here are the links to the individual messages in the series… “How to Pray:  When Prayer ComesContinue reading “Catch up on the PRAY message series”

Recently I was talking with a pastor friend about church life in the south back in the 70’s and 80’s. In those days, the cultural trends that we see today were in their infancy and there was still a fairly widespread cultural agreement on right and wrong, the Bible, and a host of other issues.Continue reading “This Time is Our Time”

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”

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”

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”

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”

Most of the time I write my own articles on this blog, but today I am compelled to simply urge all of my readers to carefully read this post from Dr. Albert Mohler, along with the column in the New York Times in order to better understand the issues that we are facing.  Powerful peopleContinue reading “Religious liberty is at stake”

In Alabama this week, the season is definitely WINTER!!  It’s been cold. I have friends who love it and eagerly look for the snow in every weather forecast.  Other friends love winter because they hunt, etc. Personally, winter is my least favorite season. It’s followed by spring, which I don’t particularly enjoy because we alwaysContinue reading “Seasons”