June 22, 2025
As I begin, I was reminded of a quote by A.W. Tozer. A.W. Tozer was an author and pastor many years ago about the presence of the Holy Spirit. He says, “If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95% of what we do would go on and no one would know the… Read More »
June 15, 2025
This is Father’s Day. I would acknowledge all our fathers today. I would have father’s stand and we recognize you. The home is still the foundation of our society, and the role of mothers and fathers are God ordained roles that have tremendous significance and meaning. I am grateful to have had a good father,… Read More »
June 8, 2025
The Wind of the Spirit is a Sovereign Power Sovereignty has everything to do with power. It often describes a person who has supreme power or authority, such as a king or queen. God is described as “sovereign” in a number of Bible translations. This means that God the Spirit is self-governing and not subject… Read More »
June 1, 2025
Let’s look at these first few verses and expound on each point in this great Psalm for the sermon today. Let’s look at verse one. And you can help me preach today by repeating lines. I Bless the Lord, O my soul Let’s say it together… Bless the Lord O My Soul The word “bless,”… Read More »
May 25, 2025
I served in Headland just north of Dothan for a number of years. The mascot for Headland is a Ram. The Headland Rams. I tried to find the origin of the mascot but was unsuccessful. I wondered if there had been sheep in the community in its earlier history. But nobody seemed to know. I… Read More »
May 18, 2025
We see many vines in nature. Jasmine, Virginia Creeper, Grape Vines. More negatively we see poison ivy and poison oak and in the Southeast, we also see another prominent vine called Kudzu. The Kudzu vine was introduced into the US from Japan in 1876 as part of an ornamental plant exhibition in Philadelphia. The Kudzu… Read More »
May 11, 2025
Light and Darkness have been biblical themes from the very beginning. What is the first thing God created? Light. Genesis 1 teaches us that the earth was without form and void and darkness was on the face of the deep. Then God spoke, Let there be light and there was light (Gen 1:3). I find… Read More »
May 4, 2025
Jesus is using a normal and common earthly element like bread to teach a powerful spiritual truth. A SS teacher asked her students to define or describe a parable. One little boy raised his hand and answered, “A parable is a heavenly story that has no earthly meaning”. He had the words put together incorrectly… Read More »
April 27, 2025
In this Second Sunday of these 50 days of Easter we are in a series on the “I AM” statements of Jesus. Of course, the significance of the “I AM” statements places Jesus on a divine plane. Theologically, we regard Jesus as the Second Person of the Holy Trinity and Co-Creator of the universe. The… Read More »
April 22, 2025
John is the gospel of belief. From the most famous scripture of John 3:16 indicating that whoever believes in Jesus will not perish but have everlasting life. Later, John mentions why he wrote his gospel near the end of the gospel in Chapter 20:30-31. 30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his… Read More »