Grateful for Freedom

We owe so much, humanly speaking, to the many brave soldiers who have paid the ultimate price for freedom.  I came across this picture today.  It is a perfect example of the truism, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” 
What makes this picture so powerful is that it is a picture from the soldier’s perspective [...]

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What Is Worldliness?

Sometimes it is easy for us to be “whited sepulchers.”  It is tempting for us to point the finger of wordliness at others who are not quite as “righteous” as we are (whatever this standard of righteousness may be).  I came across an outstanding definition of wordliness.  It does not let any one of us off [...]

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FBFI–Please, Be Bold

In last week’s In the Nick of Time Dr. Kevin Bauder, President of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, issued what appears to be a needed challenge to the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International.  It concerns whether or not the FBFI’s notion of fundamentalism in the one articulated by Pastor Dan Sweatt.  Pastor Sweatt preached a sermon on April 7 at the South Regional Fellowship [...]

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Retro Night

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Be Careful What or Who You Treasure

Psalm 115:1-8 reminds us that false gods are impersonal, indeed non-existent.  So the psalmist says:
They have mouths, but do not speak, eyes, but do not see. [6] They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. [7] They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat (Psalm 115:5-7, ESV)
Yet, each of us [...]

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A Relevant Post for All Christians

As a younger pastor, I find myself pressed to be relevant, so relevant I will be . . . here’s a stanza from a hymn which can serve well as a prayer for every Christian . . . it is certainly relevant for me.
Lord, it is my chief complaint
That my love is weak and faint;
Yet [...]

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