I do not say this lightly. Shots have been fired… not the first ones… over the past 40 years, shots have been fired from time to time to test the water in the Southern Baptist Convention. Are Southern Baptists ready for warfare? I do believe there has been a season of grace given to the…
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Speaker of the House does Not Speak for Me
This is indeed the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. But I will not let the events of the first week of the 117th congress of the United States of America cause fear in me. A session began with a blasphemous prayer by a United Methodist preacher/representative…
A Lesson from the Failure of the Teton Dam
June 5, 1976, everyone down stream from the Teton Dam would soon learn of the catastrophic failure of the a dam constructed with a flawed engineering design and poor earthen dam material and the consequential unexpected pressure points. The result of the design was disaster. The United States has survived many things from bad policy,…
The Apostle Paul’s Office
In a recent trip to Italy with Renee, we had the opportunity to visit the Mamertino Prison. It is the reported location of the Roman imprisonment of the Apostles Paul and Peter (at different times). There is nothing biblically critical if it is or not the actual location. I’m sure it at least represents the…
A Public Discussion about Sex Education
This morning I had the pleasure of being a guest with Bill Colley on Newsradio 1310. Listen in on the discussion. What do you think?
Read the Bible in 2018
Download the 2018 ESBC Bible Reading Plan HERE: It’s like this every December isn’t it? Right after this blessed season of Christmas, the birth of a new year is upon us, Lord willing. We’ll say things like, “Can you believe the new year is upon us?”, and “What happened to last year?” As the years…
Cautions and Advantages of Reading the Bible with a Schedule
I have been working on making a few adjustments to Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s original Bible reading plan. His longer explanations for why he wanted his church to read the bible is among the best reasons I’ve ever read. Not that his explanations are better than anyone could say, it’s that he articulated them with reason…
The Bible
(a personal note to the LORD’s people who gather at 204 Eastland Drive North in Twin Falls, Idaho) Dear Beloved of God, It’s like this every December isn’t it? Right after this blessed season of Christmas, the birth of a new year is upon us, Lord willing. We’ll say things like, “Can you believe the…
Dear Kirby Woods Baptist Church
Dear pastor Collier and Kirby Woods Baptist Church, My name is Paul Thompson, pastor of Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. I want to express appreciation to you and your congregation of Kirby Woods Baptist Church. This past week Dr. Frank Jones has been with us teaching through the book of Ephesians. Pastors from…
God Can Restore
My preaching schedule of preaching through both halves of Kings took me through chapter four of second Kings last week. There’s nothing really amazing about that, finished chapter three the week before. (My preaching schedule is not that complicated.) I do take breaks from the schedule from time to time. I’m known to shift out…