Mountain Top Musings

Church members have great potential and also can cause grave problems. Some are to be commended and others confronted. John does both in his...

John was an old man—the last of the Twelve—who writes 2 John, this small, but substantive letter.  Was it literally written to a sister in C...

Concerning prayer, when all is said and done, there is a lot more said than done. How many sermons have we heard about prayer? Have many stu...

Preachers may tend to avoid preaching about prophecy due to its difficulty and potential for controversy. Yet, Scripture itself calls us to ...

The old Gospel song declares our “Victory in Jesus.”  Paul promised, “we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us,” (Rom. 8:37). No...

God is most glorious and He is above all things to receive glory. In 1 Peter 4:7-11, the Apostle focuses on how can do all things to the glo...

  Sin separates us from God. This is a problem that we cannot solve. The distance between a Holy God and a sinful humanity is a chasm so vas...

Man’s way is to promote himself. We seek to climb the ladder-whether it be in a secular job, a social state, even a spiritual ministry. If w...

  Sluggishness is sinfulness. We are commanded, “do not become sluggish,” (Heb. 6:12), which implies three things. First, there is a temptat...

The writer of Hebrews in chapter five, verses 12-14, chides the congregation for their lack of spiritual growth. The foundational principles...

As the Word of God is expounded, the people of God are exhorted to stay true to God. The Lord is the only One who can save us and secure us....

Hatefulness and heresy are partners in crime. The one who deviates from the faith will also potentially divide the flock. Both are deadly vi...

In Flickering Lamps, the late Henry Blackaby shared these words: A truth I have based my ministry upon is this: If you are faithful in a lit...

Hosea 10:12 commands, “Break up your fallow ground.”  The first task of the preacher is to plow up the field. The untilled soil will not rec...

Man may abandon us, but the Master will abide with us!  We are never alone. The Lord has promised to never forsake us, (cf. Ps. 94:14; Heb. ...

Paul instructed Titus to seek godly leaders and install them in the churches. “For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in o...

In Revelation 2-3, the letters to the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia show the apparent woes these congregations were facing. Christ spe...

From Flickering Lamps by Henry Blackaby: OPEN YOUR EYES!  Paul prayed for the church at Ephesus that “the eyes of your heart may be enlighte...

  This is the manuscript of my message on  Acts 6:8-15 delivered at at Bethel Baptist Church, Canton,NC on 9/14/25) There have been events...