As most of my friends and my family knows, I am a fan of the Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) translation and the Inside Column Reference (ICR) Bible is my favorite format. The ICR has become my primary preaching Bible, even though I own many other Bibles. Enter the Handy Size Inside Column Reference Red Letter….
What a year it has been. Seems like one right after another I have heard of someone who impacted my life dying. John MacArthur was 85. Charlie Kirk was 31. Voddie Baucham was 56. They all died this year and they all impacted my life in one way or another. I never preached with any…
“I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and teaching. For the time will come when they…
Reading through the New Testament, we find some great practical lessons about evangelism in a corrupt society. As I was reading through it again this year, I decided to write some of these down. May God get the glory! First, Whether Jew or Greek – the message is the same. “For I am not ashamed…
There are an often many different angles to preach a text and still be obedient to the text. That’s how we preachers never exhaust the Bible when we preach (or we would exhaust our hearers!). Take the first book of the Bible, Genesis. I’m currently preaching through it on Wednesday nights. It’s a foundational book….
I love this time of year – especially getting my hands dirty in the soil and working in the garden. My garden is not as large here as what it was in Ohio but we still have one here. Today as I was planting some more vegetables I noticed some of my cucumber plants are…
“A good name is to be chosen over great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.” (Pro 22:1, LSB) “Better is a good name than good oil, And better is the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.” (Ecc 7:1, LSB) “Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain…
Every preacher ought to be a gardener of some sort. There’s lessons to be learned out there! See that greenery in the picture taller than the weeds? That’s my banana tree that I planted about three years ago. Every winter there is a freeze that gets it but it has always grown back as the…