There is a lot of commotion today about the firing of UT Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bruce Pearl. 95-99% of the comments I’m reading back Pearl, and want Athletic Director Mike Hamilton fired for firing Pearl. Pearl Pearl committed NCAA violations, then lied about them. He lied to the NCAA of all people. He called …
In churches all across Tennessee today, members will be down, depressed and not into the service. Why? The Tennessee football team lost yesterday. I love football. I was able to sit down and watch a little bit of the game yesterday, and I was disappointed in their performance. But in the end, it is simply …
First things first in this post – I got charged up last weekend and on Sunday. I received encouragement. God dealt with my heart in several ways. I’m responding to that dealing, and with His help and grace my life is changing by it. This post isn’t a rant. It’s as much for me as …
As many of you know, I recently returned from Colorado for a missions trip. A missionary family that spent much time with us at our church has gone out there to plant a church in the Denver area. It is more specifically in the nearby city of Aurora. Let me first start out by saying …
A disturbing trend I have begun to see in church materials and in some churches themselves is the over-simplification of the plan of salvation. Now, let me be clear here – God’s plan of salvation is simple. But some people are over-simplifying it to the point of deceit. I was browsing a church website the …
Ever see a wet paint sign? What’s the first thing you want to do? See if the paint is actually still wet! I know that’s how I am, anyway. For the past few Sundays, our pastor has been preaching about David’s sin with Bathsheba. This got me to thinking about the different temptations we face daily …