Jonestown Revisited
Last week marked the 30th anniversary of the “Jonestown tragedy.” Those of you who are old enough surely remember that on Saturday, November 18, 1978, a total of 918 members of the People’s Temple...
View Article“Newsweek” or “Newsweak?”
The December 15, 2008 issue of “Newsweek” magazine attempts to support “homosexual marriage” by appealing to Scripture. Yes, you read that correctly. In the current issue, the magazine cover reads,...
View ArticlePsalm 100
I wanted to share the following video of one of our young people at South Green Street. Grant is four years old, and he memorized and recited Psalm 100. I also want to commend Grant’s parents for...
View ArticleETSPM Lectureship
The 37th annual East Tennessee School of Preaching and Missions lectureship is scheduled for March 6-9, 2011. I hope you will be able to make your plans to attend. This year’s theme is entitled,...
View ArticlePeople of the “Nook”
Since we all have busy schedules, I’m sure it’s possible that you overlooked a rather significant birthday this month. You see, it was four hundred years ago, this very month, that the King James...
View ArticleIn Praise of Punctuation!
Here’s a simple true or false question. See how you do. True or False: Moses was the daughter of Pharaoh’s son. My guess is that most of you answered “False,” but the correct answer is “True.” “But...
View ArticleThe “Big Bang” Is Not A Theory, But A Fact
I have to come clean and confess that I believe in the Big Bang. NOW WAIT! Don’t stop reading here. Let me explain. The Bible, itself, teaches a “Big Bang.” Read it for yourself… “But the day of...
View ArticleElvis Presley’s Bible
Elvis Presley’s Personal Bible. Click to enlarge and read his marginal note. Last week, a Bible that was given to Elvis Presley in 1957 by his aunt and uncle was auctioned off. It is clear that Elvis...
View ArticleI Swear on the Bible
Fourteen U.S. Presidents used cherished family Bibles. Presidents Harding, Eisenhower, Carter, and George H. Bush used George Washington’s Bible. And President Obama used Abraham Lincoln’s Bible and...
View ArticleThe Bible: The Mini-Series
The highly publicized mini-series on the Bible has been airing on the History Channel for the past three weeks. Roma Downy, the former star of “Touched by an Angel” and her husband, Mark Burnett, a...
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