South Decatur
Baptist Church

The word "Pentecost" is actually a Greek word, which means the fiftieth part of something. In the Old Testament it was called the Feast...

When young soldiers die on the field of battle, before they die, they very often cry out to their mothers. Sometimes if they can, they...

More than I’ve seen in my lifetime, scientists and other very public officials say God’s creation is the best explanation for the origin...

Hebrews (Jews), who were either new Christians or were strongly considering Jesus Christ for salvation, in the first century would...

Some, even many, have trouble with certain teachings of the Bible. They ask about them and challenge them. Some consider these a...

I did Indiana state taxes last week for the first time. For thirty-three years, my taxes were California, followed by one year in...

In Luke 16, Jesus told the story of the rich man and Lazarus. At the end of their lives, the rich man goes to Hell. Jesus taught or...

Acts 12:4 must be a famous, or maybe infamous verse in scripture, because it is the only time the term, “Easter,” amazingly enough...

Each of the four gospels discusses the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into the city of Jerusalem the Sunday before His death. That...

Before the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, He went through several various and illegal trials, one of which was Roman prefect or...

Three times the New Testament, all in John’s Gospel, calls Satan, “the prince of this world” (John 12:31, 14:30, 16:11). The Apostle Paul...

Sometime during the twentieth century, most churches decided that scripture said nothing at least important or necessary about cultural...

Twice scripture says that Jesus cleanses or washes away all of someone’s sin with His blood. First, you read that in 1 John 1:7: “But...

Scripture uses the term “witness.” Probably the most well known text with the word is Acts 1:8: “But ye shall receive power, after that...

Our church is a Baptist church. Very often, when I talk to non-Baptists, I explain that Baptists brought to the United States, the...

In Matthew 24:44 Jesus said in His Olivet Discourse, “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man...

We read God talk in Genesis 1, when God the Father says to the other two Members of the Godhead (verses 26-28): “Let us make man in our...

Jesus Christ will physically return to earth and set up a kingdom on the earth. This will happen. The Bible prophecies it multiple...

Some of you probably at least have read or seen in the news something about a “culture war.” Maybe you wonder what that is and, if it is...

Several passages of scripture distinguish the role and nature of men from that of women. Scripture reveals two sexes and genders, male...