Have you considered having a Parent/Child Dedication in your church? We’ve done this for years in a variety of ways. We have Parent/Child Dedication three times a year–at Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and early in December. We place the dedication around traditional family times. Prior to participating in Parent/Child Dedication, we require the parents to attend […]
Why and How
We’ve discussed the “why” of moral purity. Now we need to discuss the “how.” How is it that we can do what we know we should? Paul called believers in Ephesus to live lives of moral purity (Ephesians 5:3-14), but it wasn’t any easier for them than it is for us. Ephesus contained the massive temple […]
Why I Want to Write a Blog
Have I lost my mind? Why would I want to add to my workload by writing a blog? Maybe I shouldn’t be the one to determine whether or not I’ve lost my mind, but I can answer why I want to write a blog. First, let me give the spiritual answer. This is the most important […]
I am the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, a position that I have held since 1989.