Archive for May, 2008

Campfire Object Lesson
May 27, 2008

            As you know, this past weekend was Memorial Day weekend.  One of the things I did to take advantage of the holiday was to go camping with some friends of mine.  Sunday night eight of us packed up and headed to Wilsonville, GA (between Douglas and Waycross) to enjoy some of the good old [...]

Contemporary Racism
May 21, 2008

                Here in the South we have many rich traditions.  From good old-fashioned, deep-fried southern home-cooking, complete with homemade cracklin’ cornbread, fried catfish, cheese grits and a mason jar full of sweet tea, to family values, or true Southern hospitality, not to mention the rich heritage of what it means to be a genuine Southern [...]

More on Death…
May 15, 2008

            If you read last week’s entry on “…the sting of death,” then you’ll remember that we discussed sin as both the cause of death (Rom. 6:23) as well as the cause of the pain that comes with death (I Cor. 15:56).  This week I would like to continue our discussion concerning death by looking [...]

The Sting of Death
May 9, 2008

            As many of you have probably already heard, there was a horrible accident this week involving a young woman from Coffee County.  While driving home from Fitzgerald early Tuesday morning, she ran off of the road and struck a pine tree head-on, presumably dying upon impact.  There were no tire marks left on the [...]

Penal Substitution – huh???
May 6, 2008

I’ve got a huge phrase for you  – penal substitution.  Now what in the world might that be?  Here are some hints: it’s really important; you need it; Jesus did it; etc.  Here’s an even bigger hint – it has to do with Jesus dying on the cross.  When Jesus died on the cross his [...]