South Decatur
Baptist Church

Sometimes I speak of a contrast between an inside voice and an outside voice. The inside voice becomes the outside voice. Temperance...

Children often speak in monosyllabic words, but if they learn an early multi-syllabic one, it might be the word, “accident.” You might...

Vincent Alsop, an English nonconformist preacher, who lived from 1630 to 1703, preached a sermon, published and still available to read...

David, the Israelite king, chosen and inspired by God, wrote: “One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may...

Preaching a few Sundays ago on ”Blessed are the merciful" got me thinking about mercy as I took my walks this week. I preached on it,...

Two places in the Bible say the words, “led by the Spirit,” both in the New Testament. Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness in...

Jesus in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24-25) calls someone who enters into heaven, “good and faithful servant.” It is the good and...

Certain animals “sting.” They hurt or harm you. You might think of the ones that do. Some may categorize them as dangerous. The...

In Luke 1:2, Luke writes in his Gospel: “Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers...

At least four heavenly angelic creatures hover around the throne of God and chant to Him unceasingly, “Holy, holy, holy,” and then...

People enjoy the changing of seasons. Some dislike Winter, because of cold, or Summer, because the hot, but most like Spring and Fall,...

Through decades of service, talking to tens of thousands of people, I can assess someone by his reaction to the word, “saved.” “Saved”...

The epistle of James matches so well with Solomon’s book of Ecclesiastes. Solomon brought people from all over the world and spoke to...

Scripture says salvation or justification is not “of works,” “by works,” or “by the deeds of the law,” and instead “without the deeds of...

Maybe you’ve heard the statement, “The end justifies the means.” This sentence relates to methods of accomplishment. The Apostle Paul in...

Most still measure a good education by ability to read and reading comprehension. Colonial America emphasized school for learning to...

In 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, the Apostle Paul shines love like light through a prism, and out comes a spectrum of fifteen colors or hues,...

In what believers have called “the Olivet Discourse” of Jesus Christ in Matthew 24-25 , Jesus prophecies concerning His second coming. ...

Does God require “finding”? Yes. And this is good to know. People get it wrong. Massive amounts of evidence of God’s presence and...

You have heard the term “cult” used to apply to particular religious denominations. When someone says, “cult,” what word comes to mind? ...