Our journey began Sunday, June 17 … where else, but in church. This is where the planning began, and where our group is from. We left the church parking lot on the church bus at 3:00 p.m. (I want to thank Don Gullett for driving us) for our trip to the airport, and our 5:50…
For a many years I did not have the desire to go to Israel. Why was that? Perhaps it was because I did not have the money. Perhaps it was because I did not have the Biblical background to take it in. Perhaps it was just because the calling was not there yet. Israel has…
How often have you said “I’m counting the days until …”? We are in the middle of counting the days … Today is twenty-eight days, which is four weeks of the Omer. While most Christians are totally unaware of “Counting the Omer,” counting days is Biblical. We read about the requirement to count in Leviticus…
Last week I attended the conference “Sunday School in High Definition” at First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Georgia. The meeting was a great time of renewal and retraining. We all need that sometimes. During the conference we looked at the three things that must happen each and every week in each Sunday School class:Reach People for…
Recently we celebrated Purim. (You did, didn’t you – it’s in the Bible – Esther 9:26) Have you ever thought about the difference between Haman (BOOO!) and Mordecai (YEAH!!) Haman was totally interested in self. Haman loved his seat of honor (3:1-2). He hated it when Mordecai would not bow down to him (3:5). Haman…
Christmas is a great time of year. Christmas is the time we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. I say “we” because the whole world seems to celebrate. We sing songs about our Lord, decorate our homes (sometimes with Nativity sets), and we talk about Jesus and His birth. “We love because he first loved…
Forty years of wandering … Just as the Feast of Tabernacles symbolized a time of hardship for the Hebrew people, the Pilgrim movement was a period of hardship for a group of English Separatists. Both groups of people searched for a place where they could practice their faith without hindrance from government opposition. Opposition for…
“Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. Be joyful at your Feast–you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levites, the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns. For seven days celebrate the Feast…
Several months ago as I was traveling to Knoxville to see my dad it happened. I was considering what to write in a book about Passover. Should it be commentary, should it be on how to hold the Seder? … No, in my heart I knew that would not be a good read. Option two…
