Thomaston Baptist Church02-Feb-20 I Corinthians 1:18-31 We live in a pretty bizarre world, and we have learned to expect almost anything to come our way if the topic of faith comes up in our conversations. But generally, for the most part, I think it is safe to say that most people try to do their best to […]
26-Jan-20 I Corinthians 1:10-19 They weren’t paying much attention to the gospel. Instead, they’d gotten themselves wrapped up in a fight. I suppose we could say that this was the beginning of a long and inglorious tradition. Churches have been fighting for over two thousand years, and in spite of what the Apostle Paul counsels […]
19-Jan-20 I Corinthians 1:1-9 There are days when my sincere desire is to end it all in the same way that the Apostle Paul had hoped to end it. He looked forward, with deep and eager anticipation, to our Lord’s return, and he believed, with all of his heart that he would witness that return […]
12-Jan-20 Matthew 2:7-23 The wise men, by far, are the most mysterious characters in the whole Christmas Story. And that is why the wise men are so interesting to me. This mystery, though, ends horribly and tragically with the deaths of all of the little boys living in Bethlehem at the time of Herod’s mental […]
05-Jan-20 Matthew 2:1-12 They weren’t kings, they didn’t visit Jesus on the night that he was born, and there probably were not three of them. There. That should shatter at least some of the myths that we have about the wise men. Unfortunately, much of what we do tend to believe about the wise men […]
29-Dec-19 Luke 2:1-20 Taken without a whole lot of thought, or without any serious pondering, the story of Christmas can be kind of cute and even warmly romantic. It is a story about a pretty peasant girl, madly in love with a young tradesman, full of hopes and dreams of spending a long and fulfilling […]
24-Dec-19 “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Those are some of the most familiar words in all of the Scriptures. They are simple and straight-forward words, and the stunning thing […]
22-Dec-19 Matthew 1:18-25 It is quite possible that Joseph might have missed Christmas. There’s a whole lot of space between his discovery that his intended had been unfaithful, and his angelic visitation. Much could have happened, and much did happen in that intervening space. It is only in our romanticizing of the Christmas story that […]
08-Dec-19 Matthew 11:2-6 Christmas can sometimes be a rather wonderful time of year, filled with the pleasant aromas of love, peace, joy and hope. It is after all, the coming of salvation into our lives. Christmas has also, as we know, become some other stuff; stuff that often puts a tremendous burden on us that […]
01-Dec-19 Matthew 3:1-12 Given the opportunity, most of us would say that John the Baptist has about as much to do with Christmas as does Santa Claus. Or, maybe we’d give good old Santa a slight edge over John. They might both wear really strange clothes, but at least Santa’s are red. If Santa had […]
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