How do we grow as Christians?  For years, when I taught about Christian growth, I always said the same thing.  I would say that if...

Have you ever thought about what will happen to you when you die? It is something we don’t want to think about, but it is worth thinking...

Where do you find your identity? What is at the core of who you are? Some people’s identity is wrapped up in their politics - they are...

1. Move from “It’s all about me” to “It’s all about God.” If you want to grow in your faith, then it is time you come to the...

In Ephesians, Paul writes, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we...

I was picking up my daughter from the carpool line as I began to reflect on my life: What have I done today to really impact the Kingdom...

We were created to multiply. It is a principle found throughout God’s Word. In Genesis 1:28, God told Adam and Eve to “Be fruitful and...

We want to do great things for God. We have an innate desire to please our Father, a desire to make our Creator proud. In this quest...

After the siege of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., many of the Jews were taken into captivity by the Babylonians. They were forced to live as...

A homeless man came in our church service last Sunday. This is not unusual. We have homeless people frequent our services almost every...

Possible steps to becoming a multi-racial church (for churches God has called to do so) In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote an article...

To those in the church who are weaker, less honorable, and unpresentable. . . . To those of you whose name has never been written on a...

A lady called me once and wanted to know if she could donate some broken Christmas ornaments to the Mission. A little confused, I asked...

More and more pastors that I talk to nowadays are serving as bivocational pastors. And more and more churches are hiring bivocational...

I just wanted to take a minute to let everyone know about a few changes that we are making at Main Street Baptist Mission. It's nothing...

One of the greatest joys of pastoring MSBM has been getting to know people. While pastoring, I have encountered just about every type of...

When I was younger, I used to go on mission trips or do mission projects, and I really thought I was helping. Maybe I was in some ways. ...

They thought I was homeless. I had been preaching at the Mission for several months, but because of my teaching schedule, I hadn’t been...

Jesus said, "For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it." Have you ever really...

I have been blessed to be the pastor of this loving church for the past 5 years. And I have to say that after 5 years, I love my church...