Saturday Shout-Outs: Thanksgiving, Books, & Ministry Links
I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving morning, the Shiloh Church gathered for worship. It was a blessed time. I shared the manuscript I preached from Psalm 100 in today’s weekly sermon...
View ArticleDon’t Leave Your Convictions Behind To Get Ahead
I have pastored two churches. I have also been a candidate for two pastoral vacancies during my ministry. I was not a part of the search process of the first church I served. My name was submitted for...
View ArticleSo Do You Write Your Own Sermons?
I went to the office early to work on my Thanksgiving sermon before the rest of the team arrived. I stopped by the Waffle House on the way. As I sat at the counter, a man in a nearby booth asked, “Is...
View ArticleSaturday Shout-Outs: 17th Wedding Anniversary, Shiloh Live, & Ministry Links
Today is my 17th wedding anniversary. Crystal and I met at Los Angeles High School more 25 years ago. We have been together for more than 20 years. Three kids, two pastorates, and one transcontinental...
View ArticlePray for the Shiloh Church Choir Live CD Recording
This Friday – December 18, 2015 – the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church Choir will record a live worship CD. It will be Shiloh’s first music project. We believe the word of God and the worship of God...
View ArticleSaturday Shout-Outs: Crystal’s B-Day, Shiloh Live, & Ministry Links
A great, big birthday shout-out to my wife Crystal! We first met in Coach William’s World History Claus at Los Angeles High School. We have now been together for more than 20 years. And it has been an...
View ArticleJohn A. Reed Jr. Interview
John A. Reed Jr. has led the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church of Oklahoma City for more than fifty years. It is his first and only pastorate. Dr. Reed is also a local community and national...
View ArticleSaturday Shout-Outs: Christmas, Reed, & Ministry Links
Sign up for my newsletter in the box in the right column of this page to receive a free sermon manuscript each week to read devotionally or put fuel in your fire as you prepare to preach. Check out the...
View ArticleTop Blog Posts of 2015
Most weeks, I publish several posts on this site. I write articles on biblical preaching, pastoral ministry, and church life. I record interviews with pastors and other spiritual leaders. I post The On...
View ArticleSaturday Shout-Outs: 2016, Bible Reading, & Ministry Links
Happy New Year! May the Lord’s richest blessings be with you and yours in 2015! NEW POST: Top Blog Posts of 2015 Check out the Southern Seminary top 5 chapel videos from 2015. Bruce Ware: Advice for...
View ArticlePrayer Emphasis Week 2016 @ Shiloh Church
Praying at all times in the Spirit with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints. – Ephesians 6:18 January 10-17, 2016 is Prayer...
View ArticleSaturday Shout-Outs: G3, Snow, & Ministry Links
It was a joy to speak at the 2016 G3 Conference (Gospel, Grace & Glory) hosted by my friend, Josh Buice and the Prays Mill Baptist Church of Douglasville, Georgia. (Click here to read host Josh...
View ArticleFamily Conference @ Shiloh Church
In Deuteronomy 6, we are given our historic confession of faith in verses 4-6. It states: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and...
View ArticleAn Invitation to the E.K. Bailey Preaching Conference | July 11-16, 2016
The E. K. Bailey Expository Preaching conference is a gathering of preachers committed to growing in our skills and practice of the exposition of Scripture. Our conference is designed to strengthen...
View ArticleSaturday Shout-Outs: Moody, Family Conference, & Ministry Links
It was a joy to speak at the 2016 Moody Founder’s Week in Chicago! This weekend, we are hosting our first Family Conference at the Shiloh Church. We were richly blessed to have K. Edward Copeland,...
View ArticleK. Edward Copeland Interview
K. Edward Copeland is the pastor of the New Zion Baptist Church in Rockford, Illinois, where he has served for the past 16 years. He is the loving husband and father of three children. Pastor Copeland...
View ArticleSaturday Shout-Outs: 43 Years, OKC, & Ministry Links
Thank you to everyone who sent kind words for my birthday this week (2/11). I was already an old man at 21-years-old. At 43, I am now ancient!!! A big shout-out to my Mom, Ellen Charles, whose birthday...
View ArticleThe Kind of Prayer God Answers (Nehemiah 1:5-11)
The Kind of Prayer God Answers (Nehemiah 1:5-11) CIS Click here to read the full / original blog post.
View ArticleAn Invitation to the Issachar Church Growth & Development Conference
Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do… – 1 Chronicles 12:32 Equipping Leaders to grow Churches, connect with Communities to transform an unchurched...
View ArticleWho’s Holding You Up?
During a recent sermon, I shared an illustration I have used during counseling sessions over the years. It was very different doing this illustration in the pulpit, rather than in front of one or two...
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