Aug 1, 2017 | Blog
Less than two hours after landing in Monrovia, Liberia, a land that had been devastated by civil war, I stood in the pulpit of Second Providence Baptist Church in 1995 to preach a sermon. As I looked into the faces of people that had waited three hours for us to...
Jul 30, 2017 | Sermons
John 6:5-14 July 30, 2017 Hermann and Pauline practiced an old Jewish custom of taking in a needy religious scholar to share the Sabbath meal. So each Thursday, 21-year-old Max Talmud enjoyed a meal with this couple. In doing so, Max befriended their ten-year-old...
Jul 27, 2017 | Blog
Every year the Jefferson City Schools begin the year by inviting the community to a breakfast, which is followed by a gathering in the Performing Arts Center. The community joins the faculty, administration, and the school board, in a pep rally of sorts. Dr. John...
Jul 23, 2017 | Sermons
July 24, 2017 Colossians 1:15-23 When my younger son Ryan was eleven years old, we woke up at 3:30 on a very cold winter morning. We dressed warmly and I prepared some hot chocolate. I found some old blankets and we drove over to our friends’ house. Jacob and his...
Jul 16, 2017 | Sermons
Psalms 77 July 16, 2017 When our son John was being recruited by the Marines, I met one of his recruiters in Albany, Georgia. He discovered I was a pastor and he extended to me a unique invitation. He said, “Each year we take a group of educators to tour Parris...
