Two weeks from now, Pilgrim Baptist Church will host our 6th Annual Bible Conference — Behold Your God: Comfort and Strength for the Weary Soul — April 22–24 right here in Cookeville, Tennessee. Ten sermons. Five preachers. All of them working through Isaiah 40. It doesn't offer cheap comfort. It points
Most people think of obedience as the price of admission. Do right, stay saved, keep God happy. That's not Christianity — that's a paycheck mentality dressed up in church clothes. John makes a distinction in 1 John 2:3 that most people miss entirely. He uses the word know twice in
The moon has no light of its own. That light is borrowed. All of it. The moon's only job is to reflect the sun. That's it. God gave Israel a lunar calendar on purpose. Every new moon was a reminder. You are not the source. You are a reflection. The
Nobody remembers Wednesday. Friday gets a holiday. Sunday gets a celebration. Wednesday gets a church service that half the congregation skips. But Jesus Christ — our Passover Lamb — died on a Wednesday. Nissan 14. The exact day God ordained in the Law of Moses. Not a day early. Not a day
Every spring, the circus comes to town dressed up like a church service. Helicopter egg drops. Carnival games. Free hotdogs. Free gas cards. Free steak dinner. And somewhere at the end, wedged between the bounce house and the prize table — a little Jesus. You're not bringing them in for Jesus.