“They do not love who do not show their love.” (William Shakespeare’s – Two Gentlemen of Verona).Scripture teaches that love is a BIG DEAL in the Christian life. As I shared in my sermon this past Sunday: Jesus expressed His love to us, exemplified love for us and now expects this love of us. Therefore, as the children of God, we have every reason to practice the love of God with others in our lif...  Read More

I have learned over the years that we as Christians are not always highly motivated to do the right thing, so I try occasionally to help in this regard by providing proper motivation for fulfilling obedience. It is why I preached on the subject Good Reasons to Obey God this past Sunday. I hope you listened carefully and responded prayerfully to this challenging message.Now I want to add one more t...  Read More

I have enjoyed reading from the Psalms over the years for I find them to be rich in devotional thought. Take this one for example:“I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live” (Psalm 116:1-2).I like how this one begins. Notice the first 4 words “I love the Lord…” Then he tells why: “He heard my voice…my cr...  Read More

This past Sunday I shared a message on Second Chances because we all need to know (at least some time in our life) that we serve a God of Second Chances. Jonah needed a second chance…“Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time” (Jonah 3:1). It is likely that you will need one, too! So it is good to recall that Jonah was willing to make the change required with his second chance. He retu...  Read More

As we enjoy the Fourth of July Weekend and our 249th Independence Day, I thought it might be useful to share with you an interesting tidbit from the historical account of the turning point battle in the Revolutionary War. On this particular day, a Loyalist (British) spy hurried to the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall carrying an urgent message. (The Hessians were German soldie...  Read More

I hope you don’t mind today, but I want to talk about baseball. As you know by now, Rhonda and I enjoy watching College Baseball and rooting for our beloved LSU Tigers. We streamed every game of our favorite team this year which ended this past Sunday afternoon. If you were sitting in our den in recent months on certain nights of the week, you would have heard often the words, “Go Tigers!” We both...  Read More