Posts from November 2024
Thanksgiving Messages to God 2024
I praise God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, who has blessed LifeWay with Billy, Heather and Alvin. Godly leaders who both obey and model Christ’s “new commandment” to love others just as Christ loves us. Thank you for loving us, guiding us and teaching us with your sacrificial love. Rik and Linda I am thankful for all of the support this church has given me when I sing.…
What Child Is This? – John the Baptist
What do you remember about John the Baptist in the Bible? Do you remember he was the forerunner to Jesus? Do you remember he was the one who baptized Jesus in the river? He tried to stop Jesus when Jesus asked to be baptized by him. However, after Jesus did some convincing, he finally gave in. But John was also a strange little fellow, wouldn’t you say? The Bible said he lived in the Judean desert for a long time.…
Thanksgiving Worship with the LifeWay Family
This coming Sunday morning at 10am, we are dedicating our worship time to practice the incredible spiritual habit of GIVING THANKS. Of course, next Thursday is the wonderful American holiday of Thanksgiving. Even though the world shares a few holidays with our culture, this one is truly an American holiday that is so special, and… it is so biblical… it encompasses the beautiful spiritual habit of giving thanks to God. So what does our Sunday worship time look like? How…
Bind Satan?
We all tend to repeat things we see others do. Sometimes we are copycats just because. Other times, we copy someone because we are doing something for the first time. When I was a new believer in Christ, one of the things I didn’t know how to do was pray to God. What I meant to say was I didn’t know what I should say when I prayed. I didn’t know what was right, and what was not right to…
Who Do You Say that I Am? – From Desperation to Disciple
When I was 15 years old my grandmother bought a plane ticket for my cousin and I from Texas to Fairbanks, Alaska. It was a dream trip for a 9th grade kid, and it was my first ever commercial airplane ride. I have an uncle who lived there then and still lives there today. To top all this off, he was at that time a bush pilot taking frequent flights all over central and north slope Alaska. Unbelievably fun flying…
Who Do You Say that I Am? – Mark 5:1–20
I’ve heard the term ‘The Total Depravity of Man’ much of my life, especially when I have studied books and classes on theology. It sort of rolls off my tongue these days and makes us feel so theologically intelligent. I know that most of you have heard me use that term a great deal in my preaching over the years. Last year this was a major theme when I taught through the book of Romans. The term “Depravity” sounds so…