I pray. So do you. We pray for ourselves, and we pray for other people. You will also know that I write about prayer often. Are we praying in the right way for the right things? Obviously, whole books have been written about those questions. What I would like to do is give you an […]
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Four Things to Make Your Church Better
I love the church. I always have. For all of my adult life, I have been actively involved in a local church. While I don’t have all wisdom or all knowledge, I have definite ideas of how you can make your own local church better in ministry, service, and impact. Let me give you four […]
When No Decision is Good
I’m sure you have been in the kind of situation that I am going to describe. It’s a time when any decision you make will not be a perfect decision, maybe not even a good decision.There are times when you simply can’t win. In one sense, that was where Jesus was in the Garden of […]
What Matters in Prayer
When we pray, we please God. God’s Word tells us to pray in all times and in all things. Paul said that prayer is the antidote for anxiety. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which […]
Jesus and Prayer
Jesus was a man of prayer, and He left His church to be a people of prayer. One of the many things that stand out about Jesus was His devotion in prayer. Mark noted how Jesus prayed. At the beginning (Mark 1:35), middle (Mark 6:46), and end of the Gospel (Mark 14:32), Mark showed that […]
I am the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Covington, Louisiana, a position that I have held since 1989.