Month: July 2017

There Will Be More Tears

“I don’t know.” That is the only answer I could muster, choking back tears, as I sat in the newly vacant office down the hall from mine. The Tolberts had just finished packing and organizing, Luke’s office was empty and he had turned in his keys (Luke Tolbert was our student and discipleship pastor for …

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Short Steps for Long Tenure

I have recently celebrated my ten-year anniversary as the pastor of Malvern Hill Baptist Church in Camden, South Carolina. Ten years anywhere is a long time, but ten years at Malvern Hill was not expected by anyone. Our church had a history of short tenured pastors, but through God’s grace, I have been able to …

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The Wisdom of Gray Hair

The power went out as I stepped up to preach this message, so I recorded it in the dark on my iPhone. Please excuse any audio issues or references to lights in the sermon. On the positive side no one left, and I’ve never seen so many people delivered from darkness to light in one sermon.

Proverbs 20:29

    The glory of young men is their strength,
    but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.