Across the Preacher’s Desk: You Can Count for Christ

May 2, 2024 - Have you ever seriously asked yourself if your life is counting for Christ? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus instructs us to let our lights shine before men that we might “glorify the Father.” Peter instructs us to “show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light”.

Across the Preacher’s Desk: One Day At A Time

April 25, 2024 - There was a popular song written in 1974 entitled “One Day At A Time” that has been recorded by somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 different recording artists. One line of the song reads, “Lord help me today, show me the way, one day at a time.”

Across the Preacher’s Desk: Whatsoever He Saith

April 18, 2024 - Most, if not all of us are familiar with the first miracle Jesus performed. It was at a wedding in Cana and Jesus and His disciples were there. Jesus’ mother, Mary, was there too. They ran out of wine and Jesus changed six pots of water into wine. It was not just any wine, it was better wine than what had already been served.

Across the Preacher’s Desk: For Me To Live...

April 11, 2024 - There was a little church in Philippi that was near and dear to the Apostle Paul. It had its beginning when he and his companions went to the river to pray and came in contact with a woman from Thyatira by the name of Lydia.

Across the Preacher’s Desk: What Are You Saving?

April 4, 2024 - Have you ever given thought to the things you save? Some folks make sure to save their bacon grease. Some folks save their used foil. Some save string, others save pins and others make collections of various kinds. It may be a coin collection, a doll collection or a collection of sports trading cars. However, if you will tell me what a man or woman saves, I will be able to tell you what kind of person they are.

Across the Preacher’s Desk: He Is Risen!

March 29, 2024 - We are and have been in that season of the year that we often refer to as the “Easter Season.” This coming Sunday is what is almost universally referred to as “Easter Sunday.” To be sure, the world has made a great thing and big deal of Easter Sunday.

Across the Preacher’s Desk: What Is Your Life?

March 21, 2024 - “For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away.” The writer of the book of James pictures for us here the brevity of life. Without question, life is fleeting. If you doubt the validity of that statement, just read the obituaries. Yet, what is your life individually? That is the question.

Across the Preacher’s Desk: A Dangerous Heart

March 15, 2024 - Faultfinding is a bad habit that lots of people fall in to. The tragedy is that it is easily acquired and not easily broken. In case you haven’t noticed, we live in an imperfect world. Everything is flawed and defective. Institutions all blunder and fall short of the ideal.

Across The Preacher’s Desk: The Importance of Prayer

March 7, 2024 - Have you ever taken notice of the importance of prayer in the life of Jesus? He began His earthly ministry in prayer (Luke 3:21). He continued in prayer and ended in prayer (Luke 23:34). The Heavenly ministry of Jesus was begun in prayer (John 14:16) and is now continued in prayer (Hebrews 7:25)

Across the Preacher’s Desk: Two Gates

March 1, 2024 - According to the teachings of Jesus, every person is going through one of two gates. Either they are choosing to enter the narrow gate and the narrow way or they are choosing the broad way which leads through the broad gate.

Of course, these two ideas represent two ways of life. One represents the way of good while the other represents the way of evil. The thought taught by Jesus in Matthew 7 is that more people will follow the easy, popular way of life than the one prescribed in the scriptures.

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Submitted by Tim Perkins