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Last night, I attended the Spring Meeting of the Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association (GCCBA). The speaker was talking about seeing an image that changed his heart. He said, “Have you ever seen an image that just mesmerized you; an image that God used to soften and till the soil of your heart to the point you had to do something?” My heart and mind screamed “YES!” You are probably like me and think, “Well that’s just a pile of…

Before my Grandpa passed away in 2022, I would visit him and my Grandma in Raleigh when my work for Gardner-Webb would take me through or around that area. I always enjoyed eating a meal or spending the night with them. On one such trip, I was enjoying breakfast with them at their favorite diner around the corner from their house in North Raleigh. As the conversation flowed over coffee and a good meal, I asked my Grandma how they…

I’m a sports fan. I don’t know if you are or not, but I’m sure you’ve at least heard of the NCAA March Madness Tournaments. During March Madness, men and women pursue their dreams of being a national champion in one of the most exciting sports events of the year. I saw a commercial several times over the course of the tournament that made me think. It was an NCAA commercial designed to sell tickets for games and encourage being…

What an Easter Sunday! From the sunrise service to fellowship over breakfast, the beautiful decorations in the sanctuary to a Spirit-filled time of worship and celebration, what an Easter celebration… Easter is a chance to celebrate the greatest event in the history of the world: the death and resurrection of Jesus. But what now? What do we do now that we’ve taken our Easter pictures, eaten our Easter lunches, and the eggs have been put away for next year’s hunt?…

Mark 15:37-39 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” This is the week that we call “Holy Week.” So why is the week called “Holy Week?” It seems a little strange that we take the same term we attribute to God…

Matthew 21:16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, “‘From the lips of children and infants, you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?” This past Sunday was Youth Sunday. While our youth help lead in worship in a variety of ways throughout the year (music, readings, A/V team, etc.), this past Sunday was dedicated to just hearing from them. They led the call to worship, played their orchestral instruments,…

This article is all about TNT. Don’t worry, I’m not talking about the AC/DC rock n’ roll song (can a pastor admit he knows that song?)… or the chemical compound with the preferred scientific name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (yes, I Googled that)… I’m talking about TNT: Transportation and Transformation. Even before I became the pastor at PSBC in August, there was a lot of conversation about our old bus and the need to replace it. After August, that conversation started to include…

This past weekend my youngest niece, Quinn, turned one. My brother-in-law Jay and his wife Jamie had a small birthday party for a few friends and family. I noticed one of the decorations at the party included a picture of Quinn, one for every month from the time she was born until she turned one. One month old, two months old, three months old…so on and so forth. It takes time to bring a decoration like that together, twelve months…

When I was taking my oldest son Luke to school, we were talking about the chance of rain for today. We went back and forth over the hourly forecast vs. the forecast in general. His phone app said there was only a 45% chance at one moment while my app said there was a 90% chance of rain for the day. So which is it? 45% chance at one moment or 90% chance all day? The truth is neither one…

This morning, I drove through the bustling metropolis of downtown Boiling Springs and noticed something interesting. They placed a new power pole just behind the current pole on the CVS corner of the intersection. I remember sitting in many meetings in the Webb Conference room and hearing trucks scrap or hit that pole. The stoplight has been taken out a few times by a semi that did not swing quite wide enough to make the turn. In fairness to the…