Praying at all times in the Spirit with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints. – Ephesians 6:18 January 10-17, 2016 is Prayer Emphasis Week at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. We believe it happens after prayer! And we expression our devotion to believing prayer by beginning each year committing ourselves, one another, and our congregation to the Lord in prayer. I preach on prayer during these two Sundays. And we have set prayer times during the week. Members were given the opportunity to submit prayer requests. These prayer...

Happy New Year! May the Lord's richest blessings be with you and yours in 2015! NEW POST: Top Blog Posts of 2015 Check out the Southern Seminary top 5 chapel videos from 2015. Bruce Ware: Advice for Another Year of Bible Reading Justin Taylor: Reading the Whole Bible in 2016: An FAQ Donald Whitney: How I Started Praying the Bible Kevin DeYoung: Ten Check Up Questions for the New Year Tim Challies: How to Finish Over 100 Books in 2016 Colin Smith: Seven Virtues to Pursue for Spiritual Growth Nicholas T. Batzig: Plagiarizing and Quoting in Preaching Jared C. Wilson: The...

The Life Of The Party (John 2:1-11)

Most weeks, I publish several posts on this site. I write articles on biblical preaching, pastoral ministry, and church life. I record interviews with pastors and other spiritual leaders. I post The On Preaching Podcast episodes. And I share articles written by others in my Saturday Shout-Outs. Thank you for reading my blog this year. I hope you have found helpful resources here. Here are some of the most viewed and best responded to posts from my blog site in 2015. Enjoy! Articles Lessons My Father Taught Me. So Do You Write Your Own Sermons. Weak Sermons Need Music To...

Sign up for my newsletter in the box in the right column of this page to receive a free sermon manuscript each week to read devotionally or put fuel in your fire as you prepare to preach. Check out the John A. Reed Jr. Interview. Pastor Reed is the Pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. He was one of my father's dear friends. He is my "Pops." We continue to thank the Lord for blessing the Shiloh Church Choir's live CD recording last weekend. Thank you for your prayers, support, and encouragement. The CD is schedule for national release...

Two Are Better Than One (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

John A. Reed Jr. has led the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church of Oklahoma City for more than fifty years. It is his first and only pastorate. Dr. Reed is also a local community and national denominational leader. When I was a boy, Pastor Reed was “Uncle John” to me, as he and my father were close friends. My father preached for Fairview during the OKC Simultaneous Revival each year. Pastor Reed preached at Mt. Sinai for our annual Homecoming Services each year. I was flying home from preaching in Detroit the day my father died. John Reed was flying home...

A great, big birthday shout-out to my wife Crystal! We first met in Coach William's World History Claus at Los Angeles High School. We have now been together for more than 20 years. And it has been  an indescribable privilege to watch Crystal grow as a Christian, wife, mother, leader, and friend over these years. I am getting older! She is getting better! But being with Crystal makes me want to be better, too. I love you, Sunshine! Happy Birthday! Thank you for your prayers, support, and encouragement for the Shiloh Church Choir Live CD recording. It was a great night...

The Good News of a New Beginning (Luke 19:1-10)

This Friday – December 18, 2015 – the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church Choir will record a live worship CD. It will be Shiloh’s first music project. We believe the word of God and the worship of God should always go together (John 4:23-24). As we go deeper in biblical truth, we should go higher in grateful praise. This music project reflects our prayerful desire to be a church where the light of Christian truth shines and the fire a Christian joy burns. [Tweet "As we go deeper in biblical truth, we should go higher in grateful praise. "] This worship...

Today is my 17th wedding anniversary. Crystal and I met at Los Angeles High School more 25 years ago. We have been together for more than 20 years. Three kids, two pastorates, and one transcontinental translation later, we are still going strong. Crystal is my Sunshine! I love her desperately. And I pray the Lord bless us to grow really old together - even though I am way ahead of her on that one! Next weekend - December 18, 2015 at 7 PM - the Shiloh Church Choir will record a live worship CD, under the leadership of our Pastor of...

God Helps Those Who Cannot Help Themselves (2 Chronicles 26:15-21)