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This is graduation season.  Young men and women are graduating from high school and college. It is a great time of excitement and joy.  As a pastor, I will have the privilege of praying over the graduates from Lakeside in the services this Sunday morning.  As a friend, I have watched some young men andContinue reading “Graduation Prayers”

Once again, I write these words after a difficult week for our state due to severe weather.  While certainly not on the scale we saw three years ago, Alabama has once again seen multiple deaths, many tornadoes, and destruction in numerous areas.  My friend Dr. Ted Traylor serves in Pensacola, Florida which was hit withContinue reading “A faith that stands”

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” (James 1:5, NKJV) Wisdom. That’s a word we don’t hear very much today.  It means far, far more than just knowledge.  In fact, the great Bible teacher, Dr. JohnContinue reading “We need WISDOM”

1 Corinthians 15 is one of the most famous chapters in the Bible. It is commonly referred to as the “Resurrection Chapter” not because it tells the story of Jesus’ resurrection but because it speaks of the necessity of it and how it applies to our lives today. As we approach Easter Sunday 2014, IContinue reading “Easter Sunday and Every Sunday”

I will confess, I do enjoy talk radio.  As an avid sports fan, I enjoy sports talk – particularly about college football and basketball.  I also enjoy news talk about politics and current events.  Several months back, I realized that I had fallen into the trap of turning on my radio to talk radio everyContinue reading “Podcasts that teach and encourage me”

Today I finally had time to breath and sat down to write a blog post. Sadly, I realized that it has been almost six weeks since I posted. To all my readers, I am sorry and I will try to do better!  There really isn’t one “reason” why I haven’t posted, but rather it isContinue reading “Living By Faith”

“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,” (Ephesians 4:11, NASB95)   This verse describes the Biblical office of a pastor.  First and foremost, God calls men to be pastors.  Being a pastor is not something that we decide to do, but ratherContinue reading “On being a Pastor – the 20 year mark”

Tuesday, January 28 began just like a normal day. There was slight talk of a dusting of snow, but no one expressed any real concern.  Even as snow began to fall around 10 a.m. no one had any idea that within an hour all of the Birmingham metro area would look like this… Believe itContinue reading “Reflections after a storm”

41 years ago today, the United States Supreme Court issued the famous Roe v. Wade decision.  See below a blog post that I wrote a year ago while serving in Huntsville on the 40th anniversary of this decision. I am looking forward to learning about the pro-life ministries that we have in the Birmingham areaContinue reading “41 years ago today…”

On Monday & Tuesday of this week, I had the privilege of gathering with almost 400 other pastors from 28 states for one and only one reason: to pray.  I must admit that it was one of the most refreshing times I have experienced. The agenda really was focused on the Lord and prayer. WeContinue reading “A prayer meeting in Atlanta”