Pleasant View Baptist Church, if you’re anything like me, you must be feeling like this is the strangest year ever. Who would have thought by this time of the year we would be apart (unable to worship in person) for 7 weeks straight? Even in wartime, this has never happened in the United States of… Read More »

COVID-19 is not something we knew about last month when I wrote the March article/blog. Most of us have become amateur experts about it since then. With hours of news, days of information on Facebook and a month worth of headlines all over the internet, we could tell people more about COVID-19 than we could… Read More »

It is the way of the world to “look out for number one”. This is not the Way of Christ. At more than one time during His ministry on earth, Jesus taught us to put others first, not ourselves. One of those times is when He spoke the words in Luke 14:11 which is our… Read More »

February is the month of Revival! Our church needs revived. Our community needs a revived church. Our nation and world need God. And, each of us need the fire of God in us to be stoked into a massive bonfire for Jesus. As we prepare for revival, our church is reading what we call “Power… Read More »

God’s Word has changed lives. The Bible, in its entirety, has been together for almost 2,000 years and for that whole time, especially when people read it, understand it and apply it to their lives, the Bible has powerfully transformed lives. It is the living, active Word of God. His Word is sharper than any… Read More »

Brothers and sisters, Beginnings are important. We need a good start in a race, in a game or in life. The start might not always be as important as the finish, however, it is still very important. Without a good start, it might be hard to come back. Without a good start, we might develop… Read More »

As we end October and begin November, we are reading one of the minor prophets from the Old Testament. This is a book we often overlook. Its contribution is something for us to consider even today. Habakkuk was probably written about 620 years before Christ (BC). However, it tells of what will happen in 586… Read More »

Does God have a limit? At first, one might say, “No way!” But, if you look at the Bible passages we will be reading in Hosea, you might think He does have a limit. That is, He has a limit as to how much sin He will put up with. He has a limit when… Read More »

When is it appropriate to celebrate Christmas? I recently heard the story of a grandmother who reached out to a neighbor because she noticed the neighbor’s children did not have good clothes and often acted hungry. It was the Christmas season when this grandmother decided to do this. Let’s call her Carol. Carol thought, “I… Read More »

Have you ever lost something? I did. On Sunday last week, I left my bank card in some unknown location. I didn’t even realize it was gone until Monday when I was paying for a meal I had already eaten. I didn’t have enough cash on me. I needed my bank card. It wasn’t there.… Read More »