Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. – Proverbs 19:21 ESV In May 1985 I was called by the congregation of Kanawha City Baptist Church in Charleston, WV to serve as their full-time pastor. As a 24-year-old single, recent seminary graduate, I was honored to serve in that position. My plan was to get married sometime in the future, but I was in no hurry. I had other things on my mind at the time. If I did date someone, I w

Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. – Psalm 85:6-9 ESV George Whitefield Recently Jeannie and I went to see the movie, “A Great Awakening.” It was produced by Sig

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” – John 11:25-26 Wednesday, April 1, Jeannie and I will both take a day off work and travel to Charleston, West Virginia. It’s the one-year anniversary of her mother’s passing. She’s buried in the Charleston area, and Jeannie’s brother lives down there. We’ll go to the cemetery, offe

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander o

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. – Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV Last night I attended a basketball game of the Lady Raiders here