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The Word for Today (October 18, 2019)

Posted Oct 18 2019 by in Christian Living with 1 Comment

“Blessed be the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3). Over the last week, Ephesians 1:3 has become the passage of Scripture I have memorized and meditated over. I have come to love and appreciate the wonderful significance […]

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Happy 90th, Mama!

Posted Aug 9 2019 by in Stories Worth Telling with 13 Comments

Martha and I are blessed today to be in my hometown, visiting my mother and celebrating her 90th birthday. We should have a wonderful party with my brother, at least two of Mama’s sisters, many of her nieces and nephews (my cousins) and their children and grandchildren. We are truly blessed. We are also blessed […]

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How Was Your Blue Monday?

Posted Jan 22 2019 by in Stories Worth Telling with 0 Comments

Presumably, yesterday was Blue Monday and not just for fans of the New Orleans Saints. Yesterday is called “Blue Monday” for the following factors: Yesterday is one of the coldest, most miserable weather days of the year. Days are short in January and there’s not much daylight. We’re beginning to have to pay our Christmas […]

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Learning to Pray

Posted Jan 15 2019 by in Christian Living with 1 Comment

After observing Jesus praying, His disciples asked Him to teach them to pray just as John the Baptist had taught his disciples (Luke 11:1). Is there any thing more important then learning to pray? I find it interesting that Jesus never taught His disciples how to preach, but He did teach them how to pray. […]

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Thoughts about Prayer, Blessings, and Tolerance

Posted May 27 2016 by in Pastoral Leadership with 2 Comments

“Satan dreads nothing but prayer. His one concern is to keep the saints from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, he mocks our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray–Samuel Chadwick. “No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; […]

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I am the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, a position that I have held since 1989.

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[The Birth of Jesus Foretold] In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” — Luke 1:26-28 (NIV)