SharpRemarks

  • THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT

    Again •Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  (John 8:12, ESV) Again •Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have…

  • View from the Rocker 5.2.26

    Watching videos from some of the protest events on May Day, I noticed how many signs were screaming “get rid of billionaires….down with the billionaires’! I couldn’t help, but remember public officials many, of them leaders from California, Seattle, New York and other liberal cesspools, as they led and echoed the sentiments of the protester…

  • WHAT DO YOU WANT??

    Do you seek great things for yourself?” (Jeremiah 45:5). Are you seeking great things for yourself, instead of seeking to be a great person? God wants you to be in a much closer relationship with Himself than simply receiving His gifts—He wants you to get to know Him. Even some large thing we want is…

  • 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…