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From Max Lucado, "A Gentle Thunder"

When as a child, I laughed and wept, Time crept; When as a youth, I dreamed and talked, Time walked; When I became a full grown man, Time ran; When older still I daily grew, Time flew; Soon I shall find in traveling on, Time gone. —Author unknown[1] [1]J. Vernon McGee, Thru the Bible commentary [computer…

If the first half (of Life) was a quest for success, the second half is a journey to significance.”

There is a river flowing along in a gentle slope toward the sea. A boatman is upon it. His vessel is here, then it is there, and soon it will be at the river’s mouth. Only that part of the river upon which he is sailing is present to him. But up yonder, on a lofty mountain, stands a traveler. As he looks…

Summer is a time for family vacations. I hope none of you have the same experience as the lady in this story.

There is a measure of reason in appointing the age of twenty-one as the period of a man’s majority, for he is then mature and full grown. It would be unwise to make a person to be of age while only ten, eleven, or twelve; everybody would see that such boyish years would be unsuitable. On the other hand,…

God recently allowed me to see Jesus through the eyes of someone seeing Him for the first time. Having the advantage of knowing how the story ends, we can easily forget the cost of our redemption and the love of our Savior.

The Lord Jesus Christ is to have the preeminence. I think that he will have the preeminence in the number of souls that will be saved as compared with those that will be lost, and that can scarcely be effected except by a lapse of time in which many will be brought to Christ. I look at it this way. As…

(I heard Smith share this funny quip when he preached at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the early 1980’s. I was an aspiring theology student at the time and was listening to the message in the overflow area since the Southwestern Chapel was at full capacity. I loved that quote then and I love it to this day!)

This poem was given to me, quoted to me actually while serving an interim at the Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. This dear elderly lady was a resident of a local nursing home during that time (c. 1978-1979). The pastor of the church and I visited with her and when she learned that I was preparing for a career in ministry, but attended a Methodist College (Wofford, Spartanburg, SC) she was greatly concerned that I do not leave the Baptist denomination to become a Methodist

Pastors today are faced with more work, more problems, and more stress than any other time in the history of the church. This is taking a frightening toll on the ministry, shown by the statistics below: Pastors: · Fifteen hundred pastors leave the ministry each month due to moral failure, spiritual burnout…

Dr. Doug Sager is the pastor of FBC Concord in Knoxville, TN. He was recently elected chairman of the IMB's board of trustees. He shared this hilarious story in chapel last Wednesday. Use with discretion, please! -- Mark SAGER: I come from a part of Tennessee where many people believe that if you go…

Use your imagination and consider the situation as it developed in the U. of Kentucky and U. of Georgia football game as few years ago. Time was running out. Kentucky was leading, but Georgia had the ball as the final seconds ticked away. Georgia was in field goal distance for the accurate toe of their…

EXPLANATION OF GOD: (Written by an 8-year-old in California)

THIS OLE HOUSE Composer/songwriter : Stuart Hamblen Publishers : Duchess Music Ltd. Highest Position : #1. Weeks on chart : 23 Recorded : May 22, 1954 Flip side of her "Hey There" which also hit # 1 This ole house once knew his children This ole house once knew his wife This ole house was home and comfort…

Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Matthew 24:44 Recommended Reading 2 Peter 3:1-13 "Second Coming Type" is the largest type size that will fit in a newspaper's headline, reserved for earthshaking events. In Are We Living in the End Times? Tim LaHaye…

Leave Judging to the Judge Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. 1 Corinthians 4:5a Recommended Reading Matthew 7:1-6 In a 1993 Christianity Today article (April 5, p. 17), Stephen…

Search Committee’s Reference checks We do not have a happy report to give. We have not been able to find a suitable candidate for this church, though we have one promising prospect. Thank you for your suggestions. We have followed up on each one with interviews or by calling at least three references.…

Poem - Grace will always be greater than sin

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. 'I've gone for 30 years now,' he wrote, 'and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think…

THE STORY I was born in 1725, and I died 1807. The only godly influence in my life, as far back as I can remember, was my mother, whom I had for only seven years. When she left my life through death, I was virtually an orphan. My father remarried, sent me to a strict military school, where the severity…

my Daddy's the pilot, and he's taking me home.

God's Grace - A Free Gift For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day's pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person receives recognition for his achievements, that is…

Devotional from David Jeremiah