A Summer Reminder…

Winter is surely going to start relenting! So that we don’t forget how beautiful spring and summer are, I’m posting a picture of our church sign with knock-out roses in full bloom from last summer. Photo credit: Big Dan the Music Man. Turns out he’s not bad at photography, either!

Thoughts on prayer

Do you ever struggle over prayers that God does not answer as you hope?
The other day I had a specific prayer request that I was praying about. It was not anything “big” in the sense that it pertained to some large, national event or anything like that. It wasn’t for my benefit, but for the [...]

This Just In From the National Weather Service…

Could we have yet another snowy Saturday night-Sunday morning? Last Saturday at about 6:00 p.m., we were getting torrential rain that turned to snow, netting us another 2 inches. This has been a snowy, cold winter in the Bluegrass State, particularly here where the Parson lives. Let’s hope the forecast is unduly pessimistic!

A RAIN AND [...]

An Ash Wednesday meditation…

It seems to me that more than anything else, the spirit of the Lenten season is about our self-surrender to the God Who by His grace and mercy has saved us. We cannot do anything in our lives to make Him love us any more than He already does–fasting will not impress Him. He has [...]

Baptists and Lent…

In the news media and perhaps from some of your non-Baptist friends, you will hear about “Fat Tuesday” (a.k.a. “Shrove Tuesday”) and “Ash Wednesday” this week.Why, Tuesday is even “National Pancake Day!“
We have come to the beginning of the Lenten season. Just who observes Lent, and who doesn’t in the Christian family of denominations? [...]

Unbanking The Fire

II Timothy 1:3-6, 13-14 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day; Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy; When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith [...]

Attendance Poll…

How is your church attendance going? Take this anonymous poll.

At Your Service?

1 Corinthians 12:1-11  Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.  (2)  Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.  (3)  Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man [...]

“Already” and “Not Yet”

John Stott, in his book Basic Christian Leadership wrote about the “already” and “not yet” aspects of God’s Kingdom and our personal sanctification as Christians. There are certain aspects of our character that are immediately changed by an encounter with God’s grace at the moment of salvation–but there are other aspects of our lives that [...]

What Makes Jesus Sigh?

The Gospel According to St. Mark 8:10-21 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why [...]