by Larry Browning Last week on our blog we began to look at how Christ living in us should lead us to love others and how that looks.  Let’s continue exploring that today. Christ In Us For Others – continued 2) Sharing Blessings (Galatians 6:6-10). Just as “one another” should...

by Larry Browning “Christ in us for others”—This should be every Christian’s motto. “One another” should be one of the key phrases in a believer’s vocabulary. “Love one another” is found at least a dozen times in the New Testament, along with “pray one for another,” “edify one another,” “prefer...

by Brad Jolly Take a pause and remember when you heard and really understood the Gospel? The beautiful, good news that Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for your sins, that he was buried, and that he gloriously rose again – all for you. God did not...

by Brad Jolly I love this passage in Scripture.  It tells us what the Gospel is all about.  If you have trusted Christ as your Savior, God has placed you “in Christ”.  By doing so, God has made you a totally new creation.  You and I are not “in Adam”...

by Brad Jolly I was reading and dwelling on the following passage in Romans 10. “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching...

by Brad Jolly I like to think about those people in my life who are close to me, and I like to remember special moments and words they have spoken to me. Do you do this too? Think back and remember the special words spoken to you by someone close....

It was many years ago, that I stumbled across this most fascinating story while doing research on the smartest ways to intersect with people and be used by the Holy Spirit in His reaching others for salvation. I shared this story with my dad Curtis Hodges. He loved it! And...

It is the great privilege for God’s children to be used by the Holy Spirit in lovingly leading a person into a relationship with Jesus Christ. Billy Graham has said, “The chief duty and privilege of the Christian is winning souls.”  God breathed these infallible words in Proverbs 11:30, The...

Spiritual addition is and always will be very important. Primarily, this is what we have strived for and have accomplished, great things in this model of ministry. We have seen and still see, spiritual addition in the local church through evangelism programs and larger city-wide crusade evangelism emphasis and special...

I recently traveled to Nicaragua with Dr. Giles Damron, and a mission’s team from our church at Lakeland First Baptist. This was primarily a medical missions endeavor. Many stood in long lines to receive dental and medical help, and many heard a clear presentation of the gospel and were given...