“Come and get me next!” This is what every pastor in Canada, and the USA, should say this coming Lord’s day as they unlock their church house, and every born-again believer should say while exchanging their pajamas for their Sunday best as they prepare to gather in person on the Lord’s Day. I’m convinced we…
The Church
Dear Southern Baptists,
To my spiritual kinsmen, Southern Baptists, I’m far removed in distance and unfamiliarity of the people and issues that are facing us as a denomination of Gospel advancers. May I attempt to articulate a few thoughts of caution to us from my vantage point in Twin Falls, Idaho? First, today is a reminder to this…
The Ancient Paths
(Submitted column for the Times News for Saturday, June 2, 2018) The church is among the most unique institutions created by God. Marriage is an ordained institution by God for procreation and the glorification of God for the proclamation of the gospel. Family is a result of this first institution where parents train and teach…
Where is the Nation’s Morality
The current spiraling of sexual immoral behavior of politicians, news reporters, and Hollywood producers is tragically really nothing new. But it is ruling the news most days. A nation troubled by the sexual misconduct of irresponsible men and women are at the same time complicit by the promotion of a hyper sexualized nation. If we,…
Decay of Nations
I began preaching through Isaiah several weeks ago and am very thankful to God for these strong warnings. As one looks and listens to Isaiah warn the nation of Israel it is not missed why they were judged by God so harshly as they ignored God and His preacher. I began preaching chapter three last…
“The Deliberate Church” Book Discussion
Last week I began meeting with a group of men to read and discuss a book by Mark Dever, “The Deliberate Church”. I first read this book in 2005. I had read a few books by Mark Dever and found this book of interest. At the time I read this I found myself in a…
Beware of the Dogs
Be on the look out… Warnings in the bible are not just taking up space on the page. They are there for a reason. This warning in Philippians 3:2 is not a warning at a house to warn a passerby of a k-9 guarding his territory. This is a warning of roaming dogs claiming territory…
It Only Looks That Way At Times
Today, the Times News posted my monthly column (HERE) next to an article on a church offering glitter in their ashes for their drive by Ash Wednesday experience to start the month of Lent. The gates of hell will not prevail! It only looks that way at times. ___FULL COLUMN HERE___ Dear reader, I’m not in…
Prayer for the Next Generation
In the Lord’s way and in the Lord’s timing, He has blessed and is blessing Eastside Baptist Church with a generation of Children. Never in the history of Eastside Baptist Church has there been a season quite like this one. Five years ago Eastside asked God Almighty to forgive her of trusting in the methodologies…
An Inspection of the Foundation
(The first title I had for this post was “Why I’m Not A Republican Even Though I Usually Vote Republican”, but this is more than a political post and it might scare some and even anger others to discover I’m not a -registered- Republican.) I’m getting ready to make preparations to move my mom to Idaho…