Jun 28, 2016 | Blog
A huge billboard in South Georgia in Senator Josh McKoon’s district bears witness of Georgia Baptist Convention money being spent for his support of “religious liberty” legislation. Governor Nathan Deal, a Baptist, wisely vetoed the legislation. Much more will be...
Jun 19, 2016 | Sermons
Luke 4:14-28 All of us were taught in school that stories have a plot and one or more subplots. The plot is the story’s theme or idea. The subplot is a side story that unfolds and sometimes creates some tension or struggle for the main character. For example, William...
Jun 12, 2016 | Sermons
Jonah 1:1-7; 11-17; 2:10-3:1-5 Last September the Schmitt family who own 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC, recovered $1 million worth of sunken Spanish coins and jewels in shallow water off Fort Pierce, Florida. They found 51 gold coins, 40 feet of ornate gold chain, and...
Jun 10, 2016 | Blog
Alex Haley’s miniseries “Roots” in 1977 was my first understanding of family systems on a macro level. I certainly would not have used the term “family systems” in the ninth grade, but I knew that Roots was about my family system as much as it was about the roots of...
Jun 5, 2016 | Sermons
During the civil war, Jackson County lost 40 men and 36 came home physically wounded. What we now know about war is that many more came home psychologically damaged. Our country was scarred from a battle that lasted four years as we turned on each other, killing...
