As I stood to preach last Sunday morning (Easter Sunday), it had not struck me that next year we will be in our new auditorium and this would be our last Easter worship in our present worship center. We have much to be grateful about and thankful for. We have worshipped God in this present […]
What You Do in Private
On the Wednesday of Passion Week, “Jesus spent this day [Wednesday] in private. . . . preparing himself for what would soon become the most public of events. In contrast to the solitude of this day, he would soon drag a cross through crowded streets and be executed in full view of the multitudes that […]
Does This Make Sense to You?
Over the years I have noticed a strange phenomenon. I have seen this phenomenon enough times to know that it is true, but it still doesn’t make any sense to me. Here’s the strange behavior. After Easter less people attend church than before Easter. This happens regularly where I lead. I have noticed it repeatedly […]
Can You Be A Christian Without Believing the Resurrection?
Can you be a Christian without believing the resurrection? Christians are very different in many ways. We are Democrats and Republicans as well as independents. We come from all over the country and all over the world. In my own congregation we have people from many places in Latin America, almost all 50 states, as […]
I am the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, a position that I have held since 1989.