By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Seymour Focal Passage: Numbers 14: 5-19 The idea of God judging our sin, our disobedience and lack of faith is not one of our favorite subjects. The truth is that God is love, but He is also a God that will punish our sin and disobedience. When we come to Numbers 14:5-19, we see the heartbreaking story of the consequences of disobeying God.
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Psalm 19:1-6; 111:7-10 I remember as a boy walking to the deer stand on cold, clear mornings, well before the sun began to dawn. On those nights, away from the lights of town, the stars filled the sky with an occasional shooting star passing in sight. Those were times of wonder and awe as I looked into the vastness of
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Seymour Focal Passage: Numbers 9:15-23 One of my favorite memories I have of my dad took place when I was around 4 years old. It was a Saturday morning, and it had snowed overnight in the midlands of South Carolina where we lived. That was the first time I remember seeing snow and I was mesmerized! We lived in the country, and directly
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Jude 1-4, 20-25 My wife is a software engineer with a company in Southern California. Every day she works diligently, searching through hundreds of lines of computer code, looking for errors in the code. Her job is to make sure the code is not corrupted; corruption would cause a complete breakdown of the system. A complete breakdown is called a
By Jerry Price Retired Pastor, Spring Hill Focal Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 “A party of pioneers on the Oregon Trail suffered for weeks from a scarcity of water and grass for their animals. Most of the wagons had broken down, causing endless delays in the stifling heat. A feeling of fretfulness and futility prevailed. Optimism and cheer were gone. Courage was in limited supply. “One night the leaders called a
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Ephesians 6:10-20 The Christian life is a battle. This is something that needs to be said again. Walking with Jesus is walking to battle! Paul gives an illustration the Ephesians would be all too familiar with, as a major Roman city. Each piece of armor Paul describes as a picture of the spiritual armor we must have in order to
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Ephesians 5:22-6:4 The practical application Paul gives here might seem out of place at first glance but it is a perfect picture of everything he has been writing to this point. First, if God has transformed us personally He transforms us privately as well as publicly. I confess it is easier for me to be in public the man I
By Jerry Price Retired Pastor, Spring Hill Focal Passage: John 11:1-4, 38-45 When I was 8 years old, a lady named Maureen Ellis came to my grandfather’s mobile home park (we called it a trailer park back then) and led a Vacation Bible School-type event in the laundry room that was attached to the bathhouse. Most mobile homes did not have bathrooms in those days, much less laundry rooms. The
By Scott Brown First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Ephesians 5:15-21 Paul, here, encourages believers to be careful to walk wisely. What exactly does it look like to walk wisely? Wisdom is the blessing Solomon chose which pleased God. Wisdom is offered freely to any and all believers who would ask for it in faith according to James. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of it in Proverbs.
By Jerry Price Retired Pastor, Spring Hill Focal Passage: Romans 8:26-32 The late Dr. Howard G. Hendricks, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary for 60 years, often spoke at conferences and seminars around the country. I have several of his messages on cassette tape. On one of them he tells about meeting an acquaintance and asking him how he was doing. The other person replied that he was okay under the
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Seymour Focal Passage: Numbers 14: 5-19 The idea of God judging our sin, our disobedience and lack of
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Psalm 19:1-6; 111:7-10 I remember as a boy walking to the deer stand on cold,
By Glenn Metts Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Seymour Focal Passage: Numbers 9:15-23 One of my favorite memories I have of my dad took place when
By Tim Frank Pastor, First Baptist Church, Carthage Focal Passage: Jude 1-4, 20-25 My wife is a software engineer with a company in Southern California.
By Jerry Price Retired Pastor, Spring Hill Focal Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 “A party of pioneers on the Oregon Trail suffered for weeks from a
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Ephesians 6:10-20 The Christian life is a battle. This is something that needs to be
By Scott Brown Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Ephesians 5:22-6:4 The practical application Paul gives here might seem out of place at first
By Jerry Price Retired Pastor, Spring Hill Focal Passage: John 11:1-4, 38-45 When I was 8 years old, a lady named Maureen Ellis came to
By Scott Brown First Baptist Church, Waverly Focal Passage: Ephesians 5:15-21 Paul, here, encourages believers to be careful to walk wisely. What exactly does it
By Jerry Price Retired Pastor, Spring Hill Focal Passage: Romans 8:26-32 The late Dr. Howard G. Hendricks, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary for 60 years,
