2. Christian Addresses His Family

2. Christian Addresses His Family
"Therefore, in this plight he went home, and restrained himself as long as he could, so that his wife and children would not notice his distress. But he could not be silent long for the reason that his trouble increased. Therefore, at length he broke his mind to his wife…
October 16, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

1. Christian Flees the City of Destruction

1. Christian Flees the City of Destruction
The text is from John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. Numbers in parentheses are notes added to the text for clarification. "As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I came upon a certain place where there was a den; (1) and I lay down in that place to sleep;…
October 9, 2022Posted inDevotional, The King's Highway

The King’s Highway

The King’s Highway
Since it was first published in 1678, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress has encouraged believers and pointed them to the Scriptures. C.H. Spurgeon said of this work: Next to the Bible, the book that I value most is John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress.” I believe I have read it through at least a…
October 9, 2022Posted inDevotional

From Passover to the Lord’s Supper

From Passover to the Lord’s Supper
Thursday night of the week between Palm Sunday and Easter is traditionally considered the night that Jesus was betrayed. Before he retreated to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray and was betrayed, he took the unleavened bread and a cup of wine, and he instituted a new commemorative meal for…
April 1, 2021Posted inDevotional

Don’t Stop Praying

Don’t Stop Praying
I thought it would be very appropriate for the days in which we live, all the uncertainty, all the madness and craziness in our lives and in our world, that we remember who our God is. His majesty, glory, holiness, righteousness, and we apply it to our circumstances today, take…
November 11, 2020Posted inDevotional, Prayer

Where Is Your Heart While At Church…

A while back I had a church member come up to me after church one Sunday morning, "Pastor doesn't it bother you that _______ and ________ and _______ and _____ are always playing games on their phones or tablets during church? Even while you're preaching?" I nodded my head, "Yes,”…
October 13, 2020Posted inDevotional

8th Corona Letter

It was August 6, 1945 as the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, approached Hiroshima, Japan. In its payload was "Littleboy" the first atomic bomb ever to be dropped in war time. At 4 1/2 tons, 10'6" in length and 29" in diameter, no one could begin to imagine what was about…
April 10, 2020Posted inDevotional

7th Corona Letter

Though I am not a Roman Catholic, many years ago I found great encouragement in an unlikely place. I was intrigued by a book by author Calvin Miller called The Path Of Celtic Prayer, inside was a prayer. The prayer is called The Lorica Of Saint Patrick, or sometimes known…
April 9, 2020Posted inDevotional

6th Corona Letter

Years ago, I sat under the leadership of pastor Ed Johnson at First Baptist Church of Ocala. One Sunday morning he said something that I have never forgotten, even though I don't remember the context of the sermon he said it in, the point of it still reverberates in my…
April 8, 2020Posted inDevotional

5th Corona Letter

We are not alone... And no, I'm not talking about life on other planets. I'm talking about the fact that in times like this it is very easy to develop this "Deist" kind of mindset. Oh, we know God is out there somewhere, He is maybe sitting on His heavenly…
April 7, 2020Posted inDevotional