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Before we can make a spiritual difference in the lives of others, Christ must make the difference in us. We must be born again. We must be regenerated. We must be saved! Until then, we are spiritually dead in our … Continue reading →

In the twentieth century, two great churches and ministries stand out as towering citadels of fundamental Baptist influence: the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth, Texas, led by Dr. J. Frank Norris, and the First Baptist Church of Hammond, IN, led by … Continue reading →

1Ki 19:4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away … Continue reading →

1 Samuel 17:28-29 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in … Continue reading →

1 Kings 19:18 “Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.” When God saved me in 1991, I didn’t even know where … Continue reading →

In John 4, we read of the wonderful and familiar story of the woman at the well. The Lord Jesus, leaving the southern land of Judea, abandoned the usual Jewish route through the Jordan Valley to Galilee, and instead went … Continue reading →

“This bitterness in me is eating me alive like a cancer. I don’t know how to forgive. What should I do?” This question was asked by a lady after describing a tragic series of events in which she felt that … Continue reading →

Pictured above is a misleading deception and betrayal of trust. The sheep are unwittingly following this trained goat directly into the slaughterhouse. This goat is known as a “Judas goat.” The Judas goat is trained to associate with sheep, befriend them, … Continue reading →

Jer 6:16  Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will … Continue reading →

Psalm 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. The pastures used by shepherds would have been crisscrossed by many different paths leading to many different places. The shepherds would use … Continue reading →

The following is an edited excerpt of FROM ONE CHURCH PLANTER TO ANOTHER, available in its entirety as a PDF by clicking on the title. It is given here in hopes that it will be a blessing to a church … Continue reading →

The child of God has a hunger that only the Word of God can truly satisfy, and a thirst that only the presence of God can quench. David described his own spiritual dehydration: …Psalm 63:1  O God, thou art my … Continue reading →

Psalm 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. I fear that many of us, when we consider the 23rd Psalm, believe that the Christian life is depicted only as a … Continue reading →

Twenty-one years ago today – April 21, 1991 – I attended for the first time in my life a Baptist Church. My father was an officer in the Navy and my mother had worked her way up to the position … Continue reading →

At certain times of the year, great clouds of flies, mosquitos and other insects would attack the shepherd’s flocks. In addition, the sheep could be afflicted by lice and ticks. These insects would especially attack the heads of the sheep, … Continue reading →

Bitterness is destroying the work of God. The following is an excerpt from my book, THOU ART WITH ME, a study of the 23rd Psalm (click on the title to open a PDF of the entire book):  Sometimes, a sheep would … Continue reading →