Let Your Light Shine

A candle is a remarkable invention. Fire on the wick melts the wax and it is drawn up the wick, getting hotter and hotter until it turns into a gas. The gas mixes with oxygen and is ignited by the flame that melted the wax in the first place. The heat of the flame...

What Kind of Dirt Are You?

Why do different people respond differently to the same message? Why do some reject the Gospel of Christ and others accept it and live Christian lives? Jesus provides an answer to this question in Mark 4. “Behold, there went out a sower to sow… as he...

A Word of Salvation from the Cross

We only have seven recorded phrases that Jesus said while He was dying on the cross. And only one of those was an actual conversation with someone. I want to share a few thoughts I picked up about that conversation from Arthur W. Pink’s book, ‘The Seven...

3 Surprising Truths about Family

I was born into the Burdine family. I am also a member of my mother’s family which are Sorrells. 33 years ago I became a member of two other families – Judy’s father is a Prichard and her mother was a Sears. Being a part of 4 separate families is a great...

Who is Jesus? 5 Claims of Jesus

Jesus never wrote a book, held an office, had a family, owned a house, or went to college. He never did any of the things we usually associate with greatness. He had no credentials but Himself. But Jesus remains the central figure of the human race. Nothing in the...

The Unforgivable Sin

A man came to me a few years ago and confessed that he had done something for which God won’t forgive him. As we talked, I’ll admit, it was a terrible sin. But I assured him that if he confessed it to God, God would completely and whole-heartedly forgive...