June 2011

June Twenty Eight Two Thousand Eleven Dear Pastor & friends, Summer is firmly upon us and vacations and outdoor activities are the rule of the day. I think all those that work ought to enjoy a vacation. Also, mowing lawns, gardens, and other “honey-do” type things...

May 2011

May Twenty Three Two Thousand Eleven Dear Pastor and friends, David was fleeing from King Saul, and from the dark, damp walls of a cave rang the words of Psalms 57:1, “… in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge,…” Truly, the place of protection...

April 2011

April Twenty One Two Thousand Eleven Dear Pastor and Friends, One goal for the Christian’s life is “… to be conformed to the image of his [God’s] Son” (Rom. 8:29). There are numerous and diverse ways this is to be and will be accomplished in a child of God’s...

March 2011

March Twenty-Eight Two Thousand Eleven Dear Pastor and friends, In Jude verse 24 we read these astonishingly astounding or astoundingly astonishing words; [He] “…is able to…present you faultless before the presence of his glory…” What Christ is able...

February 2011

      February Twenty Two Two Thousand Eleven Dear Pastor and friends, My month was spent in “driving” to finish an edition of the Baptist Bread, and having my “frozen” shoulder diagnosed. Yes, I will have to endure some surgery in the coming...

January 2011

January Twenty Two Thousand Eleven Dear Pastor and friends, I like that verse in the Canticles that says the ‘winter is past.’ However, we haven’t quite arrived at that juncture here in southern Ohio. I was preaching in Florida recently and winter showed its’ frigid...

December 2010

Christmas 2010 Dear Friend, Sandy and I are truly grateful and humbly appreciate your faithful monetary ministry to our home and the ministry God has entrusted to me. I am amazed at how the Lord continually opens doors, saves the lost, and stirs the saints in meetings...

November 2010

November Twenty Three Two Thousand Ten Dear Pastor and friends, The disciples on more than one occasion were concerned about who would be the greatest. This must be a terrible, repeatable flaw of human nature. Christ’s response to their pride-filled query was a child....

October 2010

October Twenty Six Two Thousand Ten Dear Pastor and friends, I receive several letters a month from inmates in prisons across the country. I write them all back, and I guess we have become “pen” pals in more ways than one. Hey, if I have to explain the puns, they...

September 2010

September Twenty Two Two Thousand Ten Dear Preacher and friends, Things were drastically changing in the lives of the Israelites. Their leader had died, enemies were preparing their annihilation, a new land yawned before them, and they had a new “kid” on the block...