Look Up!
By Woody Preston Living out in the country means city lights don’t diminish the magnificence of the night sky. I can name some of what I see when I look up—the moon, Polaris (the North Star, by which ancient mariners would navigate), Venus, the second brightest object...
WISDOM FROM AN UNSAVED MAN
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, was one of the richest men in the world when he died at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer. On his deathbed he recognized that his wealth and fame could not buy more life: “You can employ someone to drive the car for you,...
God Can Calm the Storms
* This was the last article from Roger before his passing. God can calm the storms in your life, but sometimes He calms His child in the storm. When storms roar, let Christ comfort you and bring rest to your soul in the eye of calamity. Hear Him whisper above the...
Dealing with the old man
The Apostle Paul writes about the “inward man” and the “outward man”; the “new creation” and the “man of flesh” (2 Corinthians chapters 4 and 5). It is a unique concept of spiritual treasure contained within vessels of clay; the eternal life of Christ in dying human...
WE SERVE A GREAT GOD
Friends I want to tell you that we serve a great God! Praise God, and praise all those who pray every day for some who are suffering from cancer and other ailments. God hears you! What comes to mind when you think about God? Do you praise Him daily for who He is and...
THE TYRANNY OF THE LEAST AND THE DUMBEST
The man who famously said, “God is Dead” and was instantly acclaimed by those who wished God to be dead also described Socialism as “the tyranny of the least and the dumbest.” That’s a problem for Anarchists, Atheists, Communists and Socialists because...
BE STRONG!
Joshua 1:1-8 records what God will do for Joshua after the death of Moses. Then God makes Joshua a promise: "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." (Joshua...
World Evangelism: More Than a Slogan
At Bluegrass Baptist Church our purpose is to glorify God, love each other, and evangelize the world. That last part might sound too ambitious, especially when you measure the size of our church and our limited resources against the vastness of the world beyond...
Standing on Truth
We live in a society that seems to be dedicated to tearing down the concept of truth. Yet, truth is part of God’s fundamental nature and is one of the defining characteristics of the Word of God—it cannot be destroyed! We serve a God who “cannot lie” (Titus 1:2). No...
What is a Christian Church?
A true Christian church is not a social club for agnostics mocked by apostates. It is not a place where we seek entertainment on an otherwise boring Sunday or where we speak of a Christ we do not worship and acknowledge a Christ to whom we do not pray. Church is...