Elton John’s father never saw one of his concerts. While his dad lived long enough to know his son was having success, he didn’t approve of his music or lifestyle as a homosexual. “That was a painful loss for me,” Elton said in a recent interview. Research indicates that homosexual people tend to experience more… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 8.23.2015
We wrapped up the sermon series on homosexuality Sunday morning. You can watch, listen, or download the sermons at our FBC website. With four sermons lasting 45 to 50 minutes each, we obviously covered a lot of information. Yet we still were not able to answer every question or discuss every issue. So beginning Tuesday… Read More »
Danny Lotz Died
Danny Lotz played basketball for the University of North Carolina and was a member of the UNC undefeated 1957 national championship team. He was a dentist and a Christian. He was also married to Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham. He died earlier this week at age 78. What caught my attention was… Read More »
They’re Just Kids
They were excited and it showed. They hurried through the house and ran around in the yard. They giggled and talked quickly. They jumped from the diving board and the side of the pool into the clear water. They ate chicken nuggets, watermelon, corn, chocolate desserts, and other stuff. They smiled big smiles and had… Read More »
Homosexuality and the Bible
It seems each day brings more news related to homosexuality and Christian churches and organizations. Last week the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota told parishes to sever their ties with the Boy Scouts of America over the national organization’s decision to allow homosexuals to serve as leaders. He wrote, “I regret my decision… Read More »
Pool Party and Going to College
My earliest memory of Sherilynn Watts is her playing volleyball with Monieca in the church’s downtown gym when she first moved here after marrying Chip. That was a number of years ago. Last night her daughter, Elise, was at our house for a pool party. With just a week’s notice, we invited this year’s high… Read More »
Happy Birthday Mom
Mom celebrated her 78th birthday this week. Below is a photograph of her with four of her eight great-grandchildren taken when we all got together for dinner one evening. Monieca had flown to KY last week and I drove up Sunday afternoon after worship. I stopped at a market after crossing into KY and bought… Read More »
Thrive
Growth is a process that takes time. It also requires us to be intentional and take specific actions. A discipline God has been using in my spiritual growth the past few years is what I call “praying the scriptures” or “scriptural meditation.” I talked about this a little bit in my sermon on prayer last… Read More »
Summer of Sharing 2015: High School Mission Trip
Photographs from England and Scotland
Monieca and I are happy to be home and appreciate your prayers for us while we vacationed with Jim & Jackie Davis in England and Scotland. Below are several photographs I took with my Canon Rebel T3i 35 mm camera. All the photos I posted on Instagram were taken with my iPhone, so the ones… Read More »
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- …
- 86
- Next Page »