Greetings from Colorado! Abe and I are in Colorado Springs, and I’m preaching for the Lighthouse Baptist Church, a thriving church with many connections. Pastor Nate Scholz and I were in Bible…
Charlotte and I just got back from Oklahoma for the National Church Planting Conference, and we gave away our $3,300 offering to church planters all over America! Each year, around…
Today is VISION SUNDAY, which means that tonight we will give out our annual booklets, talk through 2026, and thank the Lord for the many ways that He has blessed…
Last Sunday—particularly on Sunday night—we focused on Bible reading for the new year. I thought the testimonies were powerful, because if you are new to a church like ours, imagine…
The new BAPTIST TIMES Magazine in our booklet rack includes an article from a pastor’s wife who has carried the grief of 10 miscarriages. The column is called “Wounds to Scars”…
For the last four years, this has been the week of A CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS CAROL. It sure feels different without it, doesn’t it? We replaced the Christmas play with our Fall Festival…
Today we have four baptisms after the service, so I wanted to review the doctrine of baptism and show what the Bible has to say. I’ve been working for several…
In the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln set a national day of Thanksgiving, reminding Americans that “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and…