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April 2022...The Simplicity of the Gospel

I had two blessings this past weekend. First, I attended the Celebration of Life for Jose Fernando Argumedo, Sr. This retired pastor went home to be with our Lord on March 2, 2022. The celebration was a testimony to the hope we have in the gospel. I sat there and marveled at the joy in his home going. I saw faith at work. The service proclaimed the simplicity of the gosp...

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March 2022...Urgency of the Gospel

"There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) The most important message that we have is that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ. So what is this message, "Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshment ma...

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February 2022...Powerful Prayer: Start the New Year Off Right

John Dina, a missionary in Mozambique, was bitten by a deadly green mamba snake as he walked int he bush of his country. Dina drove himself home, a five hour drive. This his wife and a missionary doctor stayed with him that night. He was very sick. The next day a medical evacuation plane took him to a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. They gave him huge doses of a...

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January, 2022...A New Day, A new Year, A New Vision

Vision challenges us to reach beyond ourselves. It challenges us to live by faith. With a clear vision of what our future is in Christ, no barrier is too difficult. Without it, we rarely move beyond our current boundaries. We get stuck doing the same thing over and over. Never realizing our full potential. This is a new year. We have fresh start. We can become whatever Go...

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Oct. 2021...How to Treat Your Pastor...

Acts 13:2 says,"Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." The call to be a pastor is a special calling. He is responsible to lead the church as directed by God. I have two special requests of you. First, listen and heed his instruction. He is here to proclaim "Thus sayeth the Lord." When he speaks he is delivering God's message of you. ...

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Nov. 2021...Numbers Tell The Story

NUMBERS TELL THE STORY PEOPLE: People in Our Association Territory 2,380,606 People with No Church (64.2%) 1,528,349 People in a Protestant Church (9.52%) 226,631 Evangelicals: Preach must be born again 183,783 Southern Baptist 31,297 People without Christ 2,153,723 That is 9 out of 10 residents or 9.5 lost person per Protestant CHURCHES: Zip Code Are...

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Sept. 2021...Praise the Lord for the Cooperative Program

Southern Baptists have a large missionary force of over 6,700 missionaries serving around the world. This is made possible because of the Cooperative Program. Pooling our resources keeps the waters of baptism stirred. Our missionaries are organzied into two mission fields. The North American Mission Board is responsible for sharing Christ in the United States, Canada, US T...

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August, 2021

I just finished reading a most challenging book,We Will Not Be Silenced by Erwin W. Lutzer. The final chapter has three resolves for us to make. "Be resolved to be gospel-driven in your life and witness." (Pg. 248) My 19 year old grandson just made a commitment to Jesus. It changed him completely; he was born again. He is a new person, old things have passed away and ever...

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July 2021... All the Leaders You Need!

All the Leaders You Need! Often I am told that "our church doesn't have any leaders", or " I have been here five years and God has not brought me a single leader. Jesus said, "Beseech the Lord of the harvest to send workers into the harvest." The Lord has been sending workers, we may not have seen them. Who are these workers? New Christians, senior adults, college student...

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June 2021...Keeping the Main Thing, the Main Thing

"Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God." II Corintians 5:20 This is the main thing. We do many things in Christ name, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick, care for the widows or many other good things. But the bottom-line is to entreat them to be reconciled to ...

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