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  • Turn it up-Turn it down-Turn it off!!!

    Several years ago, I was preparing a sermon regarding God’s call to the individual” In the course of that study and preparation. I became acutely aware of all the man made noise around us. Not just the noise of the car that needs a muffler, the house being constructed down the street, the airplane flying…

  • Eureka! 

    God demonstrated that he knows what he’s doing because he placed me in Southside Baptist Church. At SBS, Prayer was not an adjunct to the work of the church…….It was at the core of all ministries and work. Everything was bathed in prayer. Pastor,Staff, Sunday, school, teachers, deacons, and other Lay leaders were prayer warriors.…

  • The curse of self righteousness But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. —2 Peter 3:18 Self-righteousness is terrible among God’s people. If we feel that we are what we ought to be, then we will remain what…

  • “Forgive me for my unbelief”

    The title is a phrase that I heard early in my Christian walk. To really date myself it was several decades ago and those words were spoken in the first men’s prayer meeting I ever attended. The building was classic Baptist Church architecture. We were in one of the classrooms off the dining room after…

  • Chit Chat

    Good Morning, Yes I am still vertical and taking nourishment. It goes without saying that I have been distracted. Retirement is so foreign to my life habits that it is requiring a little effort to find a rhythm. It is slowly clicking in. Thanks to family and friends. I am enjoying my reading time. Devotional…

  • Oswald Chambers 2/27/24

    New Believer/Mature Follower Read-Meditate-Apply-Practice February 27 The Impoverished Ministry of Jesus “Where then do You get that living water?” (John 4:11).“The well is deep”—and even a great deal deeper than the Samaritan woman knew! (4:11). Think of the depths of human nature and human life; think of the depth of the “wells” in you. Have…

  • HE SAID WHAT?

    It was in February of 1974 when I first entered into my redeemed relationship with the Lord. That event occurred at a revival being conducted at Southside Baptist Church in Sarasota. The journey leading to that moment is actually another story to be told another time. The Pastor of Southside Baptist was Harold Epperson, the…

  • SHORT-TIMER

    If you were ever in the military, that’s a familiar term to you. I remember from my days in the Navy the attention that was paid to short timing. Career mentality frowned upon short time displays. Flagrant abuse could get you a reprimand. At New Hope Baptist Church I’m definitely on the short end of…

  • Greetings

    I have been preparing for my future walk on this planet without Pat and NHBC. While doing that I ran across this blog on SharpRemarks that for some reason I did not publish. Rather that erase it I will post it. Maybe you will see why I did not publish It over a year ago.…

  • A Hiccup and then Sunday

    Greetings and Shalom, Just a note of thanks to all for your prayers and text. I am doing great today.  My little health hiccup was a one time event. Praying to see you and your friends at New Hope Baptist Church.  Sunday’s AM message will be regarding 2023 Challenges to the Church.  Romans 1.16 Grace…