“Just hunker down, hold tight — we hear you, we feel you. Believe me.” said Houston Police Chief Art Acevado to the millions of Houston area residents affected by the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. “We hear you, we feel you…” These are powerful words of empathy and understanding along with the promise that when…
The “13” The “13” “In 1947 a few families, in the community of Crossroads in the pineywoods of East Texas, decided there was a need for a Southern Baptist Church. They met at the grocery store belonging to Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Elsberry. With help from East Texas Baptist College, the Crossroads Baptist Church was…
Upon this rock I will build MY CHURCH and the gates of hell will not overcome it. (Matt. 6:18) Jesus spoke these words to His closest friends as He prepared them to lead the Church into the first century. Still going strong 21 centuries later, the Church is the hands, the feet, and mouth of…
There are many things good about living in America. The food is one thing; like Five Guys burgers and fries; I am also a huge fan of pizza; and have you tried the chicken fried steak plate at Mama Tina’s in Marshall (Oh Mama!). These are a few of my favorite things. There are a…
From Your Pastor’s Heart How Firm A Foundation God’s People Reading God’s Word January 6 – January 9, 2015 Early Monday morning, December 14, the trucks began to hum, the headlights burned bright once again, and then one by one the brown and white delivery trucks pulled out of the Blue Bell distribution center on…
“Love Knows No Borders” It was a normal night. Really, completely normal, quite ordinary yet rather extraordinary. The young couple wandered through the deserted streets of the ancient city of David. It was dark, unfriendly and eerily quiet as the city settled into the darkness. Their search for lodging appeared to be fruitless. They just…
How Firm A Foundation God’s People Reading God’s Word January 8 – January 11, 2015 All around the world skyscrapers reach high into urban horizons creating beautiful cityscapes. Few people, who admire the heights that these buildings reach, realize just how deep they plunge beneath the surface of the ground. To offset the height and…
From Your Pastor’s Heart THEREFORE, MY BELOVED BROTHERS, BE STEADFAST, IMMOVABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD, KNOWING THAT IN THE LORD YOUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:58 This verse, written by the apostle Paul for the church in Corinth (southern Greece) in the middle part of the 1st century…
In the arena of apologetics, which is the act of rationally defending a contentious truth, there is no more contentious truth debated than the one surrounding the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are many explanations which attempt to explain away the resurrection of Christ: The Swoon Theory Jesus did not die on the cross, He…