Faith

Several months ago, my bonus granddaughter and I took a trip to Oklahoma. We planned to visit my kids. When we became hungry, she used the GPS. We wanted to eat at a Chick Fil A restaurant. They are usually clean and Christian oriented. The GPS led us right to it.

“Salvation is the gift of God…not of works, lest any man should boast…” Eph. 2:8 When I was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Mauriceville, Texas, Deacon Leroy Neel and I often hunted and fished together.

One can only imagine what the Union soldiers must have thought at the sight of a giant wearing a confederate uniform running toward them in the heat of battle. Henry Clay Thruston was beyond a doubt the tallest man in the Confederate army.

NOW THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN, WHAT HAVE YOU RECEIVED? Our Sunday morning Bible class has been studying Scripture which encourages Spiritual Growth. I thought that I would share some of these lessons that we have been studying with you.

I was on my way to church. On a country road, going the speed limit, I suddenly saw a demand to stop. There was a maintenance worker, flagging me down. His sign was held high. I hadn’t seen, any kind of warning. Just this sudden stop sign. Wow! I slammed on the brakes and managed to come to a halt.

Pam and I moved back to East Texas in 1990. It was the first time since 1950 that I would be living near my dear Mother who had lived alone since my Dad’s death in 1984. Living only eighteen miles from her, we were able to both talk with her and visit her regularly.

Like me, I am sure that you have heard the phrase descriptive of total inebriation, “Drunker than Cooter Brown”. The phrase is in common usage by both white and black southerners. The question is who is Cooter Brown and why was he such an infamous drunk?

Many people are experiencing sickness, this year, because of allergies. I am one of them. I have been feeling unwell and it has affected my eyesight, also. So, I find myself reaching for a magnifying glass. I do wear glasses. But, right now, they aren’t enough.

Heavenly Country Abraham, Issac, and Jacob all died in the faith seeing the promise of a heavenly land in the future. They accepted and recognized this world was not their home.

The Origin of Sin Though sin began on earth in the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:1ff), it is obvious that this is not the original beginning of sin and evil; for, the very presence of Satan in Eden tells us this.