I can’t say I’m surprised by the questions ya’ll turned in–you are, after all, a mischievously inquisitive bunch!  But the diversity of the questions is fairly wild!
Here’s what I’m going to do:  I’ll have to limit the sermon series to 6-8 question so we don’t wear out the whole idea.  And I will try to choose [...]

I came across this quote from one John Piper’s prayers in his devotional, Life is a Vapor:  “Give us eyes to see the utter unlikeliness of being loved by Christ.  Take away the feeling that we deserve happiness.  Cause us to be amazed at the wonder of grace.  May grumbling and murmuring depart from our lips, [...]

Saturday evening was brutal, weatherwise, here in Ellijay–cold and snow, with the forecast of dropping temps and more snow . . . all the culmination of 2 days when the temps hadn’t topped freezing.  So, I decided to call off our Sunday services at about 8 p.m. Saturday evening.  God had other plans . . . [...]

It’s apple season in North Georgia and our community meets right next door to B.J. Reece Apple House.  We have a great relationship with John and Rachel and share our parking space with them–and this weekend, they had their busiest weekend ever!  We were excited for them.  It looked like we had a full house, but [...]

It’s been a good Sunday!  We sang several songs about the cross of Christ and His grace today.  I talked about how God can powerfully use a pure group of believers (Acts 5:1-16).  But we emphasized how vital it is for us to be real as Christians about our purity–that is, admitting that we’re wrong when we do blow [...]