Most people don't take time to watch a 30-minute sermon online. I have no reason to believe that will suddenly change with this post. But...

I'm convinced that the biggest sin in the 21st-century church is similar to the one in the 1st-century church. I don't mean the 'worst'...

Today I'm giving thanks for the opportunity to pray with many people, as this week is the first anniversary of a phone Prayer Line I...

I'm writing on Saturday of Holy Week. For the eight days from Sunday (when Jesus rode a colt into Jerusalem with crowds shouting...

(One month ago today I entered the heart unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for repair on a leaking mitral valve. But an...

As you know, all of time is divided into two parts, B.C, (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, the Year of our Lord). Today's date is...

Any one of the several "2021's" in Scripture might serve as your theme verse for the new year. I've chosen JOHN 20:21 because the setting...

In the book of Joel there's a promise I've encouraged many to affirm throughout my ministry. People have come to me grieving over 'lost'...

Jolene and I are self-quarantined this week. We both spent some time last week with people who have now tested positive for COVID....

Forty-plus years ago while pastoring Dalewood Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, I wrote an article and had it printed in a little tract...

When Moses instructed God's servants to pray for the nation, he gave them this prayer: "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make...

"Pastors aren't supposed to tell people how to vote!" So we hear from various sources. But the Bible is clear that God-called servants...

I've never blogged twice in the same week, but because of some "breaking news," here I go. Three days ago I urged all readers to be...

Yes, this Tuesday, September 22 is "National Voter Registration Day" in the USA. It's not a school holiday, and the banks and post...

The Bible teaches us that praying for our leaders is a PRIORITY. The Apostle Paul said, "FIRST OF ALL...I urge...that prayers...be made...

Some Major League Baseball fans are 'attending' games right now by having cardboard cutouts of themselves placed in the stands. They pay...

Being invited to pray for and speak to a church staff recently, I hoped to use something written by that unique mountain preacher, Vance...

Andy Capp is a LOST British cartoon character. I say ‘lost’ because he definitely does not appear to be a ‘saved’ man. In his various...

I'm inspired by an article I re-read today; it was from years ago but applies powerfully to the ever-changing storms of life in 2020,...

I love seeing FaceBook photos of families at the beach or at that exotic resort or at some fabulous amusement park, but Jolene and I vote...