A Word for Pastoral Freshman
I have been in the pastorate for twenty-two years. Though I am only forty-two, I think that I have enough years of experience to offer...
A Word For Pastoral Freshmen
Yesterday I sat at lunch with a colleague who has been serving a congregation faithfully for the past seven years. The church is engaged...
Building Believers and Not Brands
Organized politically and spiritually, black churches were not only given to the teachings of Christianity but they were faithfully...
Building Believers and Not Brands
The black church or African American church has historically been the bedrock of the communities in which it existed. To understand this...
Conversion of the Holy Spirit
Remember the words of advice from the great preacher, Dr. Charles H. Spurgeon: "The power that is in the gospel does not lie in the...
Hearing the Voice of God
In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit...
Finding God
How are you handling this season of your life? This was a question posed to me that I could not answer. While we each know that life has...
Total Forgiveness
“You hurt me.” “I’m sorry. Please forgive me.” “Ok. I forgive you.” Don’t we each hope and wish that it were this simple. Don’t we each...
Write the Vision (1)
“The Lord answered me: “Write down this vision; clearly inscribe it on tablets so one may easily read it.” Habakkuk 2:2 HCSB The word...
Romans 8
I try Sunday after Sunday and sermon after sermon the task of delivering expositional sermons. This means I engage a biblical text in way...
