I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix. I’ll share just one pic – which is downtown Phoenix (and the convention center where #SBC17 was held) just after take-off for the return…

So some of the boys in the church enjoyed my last blog posting. How about pirates, then, one more time? Robert Louis Stevenson, way back in 1881, penned his famous Treasure Island. Las Vegas has a pirate-themed hotel by the…

I remember well my first trip to Walt Disney World as a kid. It was 1971, and the year that the Magic Kingdom opened in Florida. What was my favorite attraction? The Pirates of the Caribbean! The original version at…

Unlike Jill Cummins, this is a scenario you’ll likely never face. Jill’s 50-year-old husband, Tad Cummins, was arrested on April 20 after he kidnapped 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas and fled the state of Tennessee. They were found unharmed in Northern California.…

You may not think of yourself as a creative person, but you are! Each one of us was created – literally – as a creative being. In fact the very first chapter of the Bible informs us (Genesis 1:26): “Let…

I don’t have to tell you about all of the political feuding in America. You need no more updates. You don’t need to hear anything else from me on that subject, so I won’t go there. I found it fascinating…

This morning First Baptist Paducah – as part of the National Day of Prayer observance – enjoyed the honor and privilege of hosting the 2017 Mayor/Judge Executive Prayer Breakfast in our Great Room. It was standing room only, and for…

North Korea may be the most oppressive place on Earth for Christians. It’s a totalitarian communist state, where believers are forced to hide their faith entirely – even at times from their own spouses, parents, and children. Due to tyrannical…

Rashad Jennings was released by the New York Giants on February 13. That makes him an NFL free agent running back. You may have seen him on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. What you might not know is that Jennings…

  Hopefully you will allow me just one more blog posting on the subject of This Is Us. Thank you for bearing with me as I’ve attempted to draw some important parallels between the popular television series and typical church…