Our nation needs a miracle.  It might take a miracle for people to repent and return to God.  This nation was great when we sought the Lord and taught people His ways.  The nation has plunged headlong into godlessness over the last few years.  We can argue about when it started or we can prayerfully… Read More »

Hiding under the cover of darkness, one of the band of murderers who would eventually take His life, came to Him out of curiosity. Maybe Nick just needed a few answers for himself. Maybe he wanted to know more about the man his murderous band seemed to hate. Sneaking around at night usually will suggest… Read More »

Many think of meek people as if they were also weak. To hold one’s tongue when others would lash out is not a sign of weakness. While meek people often think of others before themselves, this is not a weakness either. Jesus was meek, but don’t for a minute think He was weak. He was… Read More »

Since I am a guy, wedding days are not the days I look forward to the most in my ministry. Don’t get me wrong, I have performed many wedding ceremonies and most of the ones I’ve performed have been good times, but men just aren’t into weddings as much as ladies are now. Apparently, it… Read More »

My good friend and a modern hero of the Christian faith called me today. When the phone rang, I answered, “Hello, Foster! How are you?” When he said, “I’m not doing too good, Bro. Jerry.” I couldn’t believe my ears. That was the closest thing to a negative word I’ve heard from this amazing man.… Read More »

Just the title alone probably makes most people think of a song. I know the song. But, this has nothing to do with what Led Zeppelin sang about. Some speculate about how to find this stairway. Others speculate about how to climb it if they do find it. Yet, when we look at the first… Read More »

All of creation waited. For thousands of years, it waited for this moment. Many in the world today look back to that time, knowing Christ, the Messiah, split time wide open. He came at the perfect time. He walked in perfection. Jesus fulfilled the prophecies, hundreds of them. Some had been proclaimed for about 1,500… Read More »

As our church began a journey of reading through the New Testament together in 2016, it didn’t take long to discover a few jewels.  We are planning on digging deeper as time goes on, but some of the treasure we find in God’s Word are in plain sight.  We started in the prologue of the Gospel of… Read More »

Pleasant View Baptist Church began a treasure hunt recently.  We’ve called it “Doing it by the Book”.  Over ninety people made a commitment to read through the New Testament together.  This enables us to have conversations through the week about the things we are reading. People treasure different things.  Much of the world would hope… Read More »