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A fresh look at the parable of the seeds

We Baptists love our sermons. In our churches, the pulpit takes center stage. We spend lots of money paying good preachers; and, for many churches, the sermons keep getting longer. The best sermons embody God’s Word. More importantly, they encourage us to embody God’s Word in the world. No wonder an old adage states thatContinue reading “A fresh look at the parable of the seeds”

Despite natural disasters, God is still in charge

In early June, a group of us from Trinity Baptist went on a mission trip to my home town of Staten Island, New York. There, we helped rebuild a home damaged by Superstorm Sandy in one of the hardest hit areas, the New Dorp community. I’ve been on mission trips before, so I had someContinue reading “Despite natural disasters, God is still in charge”