By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Revelation 2:18-29 If you have ever tasted water from a clear, crisp, and cool mountain stream, then you can testify to the refreshing nature of that experience. If you have tasted water from a muddy creek meandering through a cow pasture because you were that thirsty, then you can testify to the somewhat repulsive nature of that experience. Purity makes
By Mike Dawson Retired Baptist pastor Focal Passage: Job 19:19-29 “In this corner, wearing a torn robe, with his head shaved, and covered in open sores, is … Job!” So might a ring announcer introduce the champ in Round One of the ‘boxing match’ featuring Job the Uzzite, pitted against a tag team calling themselves ‘The Three Friends:’ Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. It’s uncertain
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Revelation 2:12-17 I trust that you have already jotted down several thoughts about what kind of church God desires. If you have not, then now is your chance. You may even jot down a few more thoughts as we progress, for the purpose of comparing these initial thoughts with the words of Christ in His letters to the churches in
By Mike Dawson Retired Baptist pastor Focal Passage: Job 14:1-14 Who was the smallest man in the Bible? Not Zaccheus, although many of us as children sang “and a wee little man was he.” Not even Nehemiah (“Knee-High-miah.”) No, the Bible’s smallest man was one of Job’s friends, Bildad the Shuhite (“Shoe-height.”) Those are some awful puns, I admit; but our larger text, Job 2:11-14:22, is heavy; so we needed
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Revelation 2:8-11 This week we move to Smyrna to hear what the Lord Jesus communicates to the church located in this beautiful city. There were temples to the Greek gods, as well as a golden street. Upon entering the harbor and gazing upon the city high above and the golden street, it almost looked as if the city had a
By Mike Dawson Retired Baptist pastor Focal Passage: Job 1:8-22 “Poor as Job’s turkey” is an expression from my boyhood. But the Bible doesn’t say Job ever had a turkey! One thing is certain: if there was one, it would’ve been lost with all Job’s animals, children and possessions. So maybe the expression should simply be “Poor Job!” JOB THE BOOK is one of the five “Poetry” books in the
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Revelation 2:1-7 What kind of church does God desire? Ponder this question before you keep reading. Jot down your thoughts. Hold onto these thoughts and read them again after we complete this unit on, “The Church God Desires.” Would you stand by these thoughts, add to them, take away from them, or scratch them altogether? To look for biblical answers
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 24:36-49 After amazing the two men on the Emmaus walk, He appears among the disciples once more. Even while the two men are telling about their amazing encounter with the risen Savior, Jesus Himself stands among them. This brings to my mind Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three are gathered in My Name, there I am in the
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Matthew 13:3-8,18-23 Sharing Christ is a mandate. Sharing Christ is a must. It is not something that can wait. It is a matter of trust. But, the question remains active for our present generation. Are we going to share Christ without reservation? I love the parables of Jesus. They can be short in length and long in meaning. The parable
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 24:18-31 This story gives us a glimpse of the Lord’s great eagerness to reveal Himself to all who genuinely seek Him. These two men were traveling the eight miles to Emmaus after the events in Jerusalem that previous week. As they walked and discussed all that had occurred, trying to make sense of it, Jesus joins them in
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Revelation 2:18-29 If you have ever tasted water from a clear, crisp, and cool mountain
By Mike Dawson Retired Baptist pastor Focal Passage: Job 19:19-29 “In this corner, wearing a torn robe, with his head shaved, and covered in open
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Revelation 2:12-17 I trust that you have already jotted down several thoughts about what kind
By Mike Dawson Retired Baptist pastor Focal Passage: Job 14:1-14 Who was the smallest man in the Bible? Not Zaccheus, although many of us as
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Revelation 2:8-11 This week we move to Smyrna to hear what the Lord Jesus communicates
By Mike Dawson Retired Baptist pastor Focal Passage: Job 1:8-22 “Poor as Job’s turkey” is an expression from my boyhood. But the Bible doesn’t say
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Revelation 2:1-7 What kind of church does God desire? Ponder this question before you keep
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 24:36-49 After amazing the two men on the Emmaus walk, He appears among the
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Matthew 13:3-8,18-23 Sharing Christ is a mandate. Sharing Christ is a must. It is not
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Luke 24:18-31 This story gives us a glimpse of the Lord’s great eagerness to
