Yesterday I read an article about blogging. The article is by an author I read regularly. He says in order to be a successful blogger you have to focus your blog on what you are passionate about. The more you narrow your focus, the more you broaden your audience. At least at this point, I […]
What Should We Do Now?
As I write this two major earthquakes have occurred near the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. I regularly pray for missionaries who serve on Sumatra, one of the most difficult places to make Christ known. Yet, these faithful followers of Christ do so with great diligence and commitment. This is what God has impressed on […]
Quotations You Can Use (April 13, 2012)
“In a short While the whole of the country was aflame,” he said. “Every church was stirred to its depths. Strong men were in tears of penitence, and women moved with a new fervor. People were overpowered by the Spirit as on the day of Pentecost, and were counted as drunken men. In the services […]
Confront The Problem Not The Person
How do you get along with people, repair relationships, and generally keep the church on a straight path? The pastor who can do that will be both rich and famous–oh, wait, that won’t work, he’s a pastor :). Maybe you won’t be rich and famous, but you can help the people of God to work […]
I am the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, a position that I have held since 1989.