It was our joyful privilege to give tribute to the late Dr. E.K. Bailey during the 2015 Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference. Dr. Bailey was the founding pastor of the Concord Church in Dallas, Texas. He was a faithful expository preacher, who traveled the country proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. To invest in other Bible preachers and teachers, Dr. Bailey also established the E.K. Bailey International Conference on Expository Preaching. In the providence of God, E.K. Bailey was the man who was used to seal the deal for me that expository preaching is the most faithful way to...

I asked you to pray for the 2015 Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference. The Lord answered our prayers to richly bless the conference. Thank you. This conference exists to train, promote, and model biblical preaching and teaching. We also want to serve those who serve the church. I am overwhelmed with gratitude. The Lord fulfilled our holy desires and brought to pass the deeds prompted by our faith. God did far more abundantly than all that we could ask or think! Thank you to Joe Pace and Cameron Triggs for leading our Worship & Arts track and Youth Ministry...

  The Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference is still underway on the campus of the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, FL. Yesterday Don Whitney opened up with “Spiritual Disciplines and Public Ministry” and we enjoyed wonderful breakout sessions throughout the day. Last night Dr. Steven Lawson reminded us of the cost of following Jesus and Dr. Maurice Watson admonished us to hide behind the cross. It has been a joy to be with you this week. I pray that you have been richly blessed and that you leave encouraged and inspired to “Cut It Straight”. We are excited about what God has in store...

  The Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference is underway on the campus of the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, FL. Yesterday I opened up the conference preaching on word and worship, Pastor Charlie Dates reminded us that God is for us, Dr. Ray Pritchard encouraged us and Pastor Bryan Carter admonished us to preach the Gospel. It has been an honor and privilege to meet all the pastors and teachers from all over the United States that are in attendance. We are excited about what God has in store for us for the rest of this week. Shuttle service from the Omni Hotel...

            The Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference begins today on the campus of the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, FL. We are grateful to have a line-up of great speakers and teachers who will teach, model, and promote expository preaching and teaching. Likewise, the staff and volunteers of Shiloh are ready and excited to serve the guests on our campus this week. Much prayer and planning has gone into this event to make it a special time for all who attend. The only thing missing is you! Safe travels to all who are making your...

The 2015 Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference starts tomorrow. Please pray for us. Pray for our final preparation. Pray for safe passage for those who will travel to Jacksonville for CIS. Pray God uses each speaker in a great way. Pray that each attendee will leave equipped, challenged, and refreshed. Pray that the name of the Lord would be glorified in everything that happens.

Happy Labor Day! The Lord be with you today. This is a late post from this weekend. My site went down Saturday. So you get Labor Day Shout-Outs today. Enjoy! Yesterday, I continued my Ephesians series with a message entitled, "Be Imitators of God" (Ephesians 5:1-6). What does it take to be imitators of God? I. Walk in Love (5:1-2). A. Imitate the Love of God the Father (v. 1) B. Walk in the Love of God the Son (v. 2) II. Say No to Defiling Sins (5:3-4). A. Abstain from immoral behavior (v. 3) B. Abstain from filthy language (v....

The following is a guest post by Joe Pace who is the Pastor of Worship & Arts at the Shiloh Church, where I serve as Pastor-Teacher. WHAT’S THE WORD ON WORSHIP? Colossians 3:16 tells us that there is an inextricable link between the preaching/teaching ministry and music ministry in our worship. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” To be even more clear: YOU JUST CAN’T WORSHIP WITHOUT THE WORD!! [Tweet "YOU JUST CAN’T WORSHIP WITHOUT THE WORD!!"]...

YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR MY EMAIL LIST IN THE RIGHT COLUMN OF THIS PAGE TO RECEIVE A FREE WEEKLY SERMON MANUSCRIPT. A big shout-out to my friend, Adron Robinson, for the opportunity to preach this week at the Hillcrest Baptist Church in Chicago. The Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference is less than only a few weeks away – September 22-24, 2015. This meeting is to train, promote, and model expository preaching. There will also be special tracks for Youth Ministry and Worship & Arts. It should be three enriching days of training, fellowship, and worship. I hope to...

      The following is a guest post by Cameron Triggs who is the Pastor of Youth & Young Adults of the Shiloh Church, where I serve as Pastor-Teacher. He blogs at camtriggs.com. Preaching Truth To Youth There is little question that many of today’s youth are increasingly disengaged from church, under engaged with the Gospel, and essentially biblically illiterate. The blogs, debates, and statistics about these continue to wage war but the greatest consensus from the ground states we have a real battle on our hands concerning millennials and the upcoming generation. In "You Lost Me" by Dave Kinnaman he...

We are now one month away from the Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference. It will meet September 22-24, 2015, at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville (FL), where I serve as pastor-teacher. The goal of this conference is to train, model, and promote faithful Bible exposition in preaching and teaching. What is expositional preaching? Expositional preaching is essentially preaching in which the point of the sermon is based on and in alignment with the point of the scripture text. Something drives every sermon. Expository preaching is text-driven preaching. The expository sermon explains the meaning of the text and...

YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR MY EMAIL LIST IN THE RIGHT COLUMN OF THIS PAGE TO RECEIVE A FREE WEEKLY SERMON MANUSCRIPT.  Shout-out to Pastor Pedro S. Williams for the opportunity to preach at the Jericho Baptist Church this week in the Turks and Caicos. Today is exactly one month before the start of the Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference - September 22-24, 2015. This meeting is to train, promote, and model expository preaching. There will also be special tracks for Youth Ministry and Worship & Arts. It should be three enriching days of training, fellowship, and worship. I hope to...