The Commands of God and the Cross of Christ
On February 20 I plan to begin a series of messages on the Ten Commandments. Do you have a gut reaction to that? What does the thought of the Ten
1359 A Number to Remember
When you are in a road race you are issued a bibb number. A number is given to each runner so that race organizers can keep accurate records on who finishes
The Power of the New Birth and the Problem of the Flesh
The Apostle John’s description of Christmas was quite different than Matthew’s and Luke’s. John told the complex, theological version of the Christmas story but he did it in simple, short
Reasoning About the Season
The Gospel writter, Matthew, recorded for us some of the most amazing words ever written. Can we reason together about them for just a minute? Matthew reported that an angel
Calvinism in Southern Baptist Life
Doctrine is one of those good words in the Christian vocabulary that’s gotten a bad deal. The word doctrine simply means “teaching.” In one sense, every word that came out
The Challenge of Scripture
Sometimes it is the little phrases of Scripture that bring to us the biggest challenges. It is those compacted lines in the Bible that hold such life altering truths that