Below is an “open-letter” describing my heart in the preaching ministry God has given me through Grace Baptist Church. I am greatly privileged to serve a sovereign God as a bond-slave; and I am truly blessed to be able to minister to gracious, loving and receptive people of God in this local assembly as a servant of the Word. Thank…
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I had thought of writing an article regarding church planting in the U.S. but then I came across Dave Doran’s blog article and realized there was nothing I could say that he didn’t say better so I encourage you to read this article in its entirety and contemplate deeply the contents. Church Planting in the U.S. -Dave Doran Here is…
People sometimes ask me how I view the celebration of Halloween. About a year ago, I wrote a three part series on my personal (hopefully Biblically informed) opinions regarding this somewhat touchy subject. If you have the desire, I have linked the three articles here. Halloween and the Christian Part 1 Halloween and the Christian Part 2 Halloween and the…
What a wonderful Resurrection Sunday we had at Grace. We began at 9:00 am with a communion service. My heart was moved as different men within the church read various texts of Scripture drawing our attention to the Christ of the cross. Then we remembered the body and blood of Jesus through the elements of the Lord’s supper. Pausing to…
Reading, studying, thinking, praying, and contemplating my sinfulness, my weakness, my failures, my struggles in light of this Passion Week; has impacted me once again as to how much I need Jesus. I need his grace, his favor–I cry with Isaiah, “Woe is me, for I am undone.” If there is one thing that the Holy Week impresses upon me…
For every Timothy there is a Demas (2 Timothy 4:10). For every Prisca and Aquila there is a Hymenaeus and Alexander (I Timothy 1:20). For every Epahproditus (Philippians 2:25-30) there is a “Corinthian.” For those who do not know what I am talking about, I recently noticed that there is a great balance in the inspired writings of the Apostle…
Laying awake at night, thinking back through the day-you sometimes wonder what the purpose of it all is. You lay there unable to weep, unable to be angry, unable to really understand why you are feeling what you feel, but as the internal darkness seems more hopeless, only one voice echoes in your mind, and it repeats itself over and…
Everyone knows that spoken language and to a lesser degree written language is fraught with difficulties. Communication is probably the most important and necessary facets in building relationships, yet it can be one of the most destructive forces in failing relationships. To the Christian, who is by regeneration engaged in a supernatural relationship with God through Jesus Christ, the art…
I was contemplating the succinct nature of the Lord’s pattern prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) and how Christ could have said so much when saying “After this manner therefore pray…” but instead chose only a few words. Some of this prayer is obvious as a pattern. It makes perfect sense that Jesus would start the prayer and indicate we ought to pray…