I am blessed to have Maurice Watson as a friend and mentor. Dr. Maurice Watson is the Senior-Pastor of the Beulahland Bible Church, which meets in Macon and Warner Robbins, GA. Alongside of the great work he is doing in the life of his congregation, Pastor Watson is known around the country for his faithful exposition of the word of God. I had the opportunity to interview him about his life, ministry, preaching. It was a good conversation that I trust will be an encouragement to you. Did you find this interview helpful? Join the conversation in the comments section. 

Thanks for reading my blog. Saturday Shout-Outs is my weekly bulletin board. I hope you find the following links and information. You can sign up for email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. I had the privilege of ministering at my former congregation in Los Angeles this week. Check out my post: "Thank You, Mt. Sinai!"  I am nearing a writing deadline for my next book. Please remember me and my work in your prayers during this upcoming week. Mark your calendar for the first preaching conference I will host at the Shiloh Church next year -...

This week I taught and preached at the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles, where George E. Hurtt is the pastor. The meeting was a part of the congregation's 71st anniversary celebration. I taught a class on expository preaching and was the main speaker for the evening services. My personal and spiritual roots are in the soil of this congregation. My Father - H.B. Charles, Sr. - led this congregation for more than four decades. All I saw my father do was serve this church. I met Christ and was baptized in this church. I was called to...

This weekend, we began our Men's Discipleship Fellowship with 33 The Series: Authentic Manhood (Part 3). My wife, Crystal, began a Women's Discipleship Fellowship on "The Life-Ready Women." We got off to a good start. Between our two services, I had a session with a Bible Study Fellowship teachers in preparation for the upcoming semester. I pray much fruit will come from our studying through The Master's Plan of the Church by John MacArthur Thankful for our guests in worship. And I was glad to have the opportunity to pray for our Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Nicholai Vitti. I finished...

Thanks for reading my blog. You can sign up for email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. Saturday morning, the men of Shiloh will begin 33 The Series Part 3. Our women will also begin a study led by my wife, Crystal. Please pray these Discipleship Fellowships will be fruitful. Shout out to Pastor Adron Robinson and the Hillcrest Church (Chicago) for three edifying nights of worship this week. It was a joy to preach this revival for my friend again. I hope to see you at the SBTS Expositors Summit  October 29-31. I also hope to...

 Thanks for visiting my blog. Saturday Shout-Outs is my weekly bulletin board of things I have found helpful. You can sign up for email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. Thanks for your comments on my post - Armor Bearer is NOT a Biblical Office. Apparently, I struck a nerve. Shout-out to Pastor Darren Edwards and the United Believers Church of Kansas City for the opportunity to take part in their September to Remember this week. Shout-out to Pastor Terry Brown and the Newbirth Baptist Church of Pine Bluff for two great nights of worship Thursday and...

He picked me up from the airport. We headed straight to the church. I wanted to look over my manuscript once more before I preached. But I took a few minutes to chat with my driver. I asked my standard questions, including, “Where do you serve in the church?” “I'm pastor’s chief armor bearer,” he said proudly. I summoned all the self-control I could muster. But I couldn’t resist. I had to ask. “What does that mean?” He explained the various ways he serves his pastor. “I am basically pastor’s right-hand man,” he concluded. I changed the subject. But there...

Thanks for reading my blog this week. You can sign up for email updates of feature posts under the picture to the left. Shout-out to Pastor Fred Williams and the Turkey Creek Baptist Church of Dublin, GA, for the opportunity to preach during their summer revival this week. Read the two posts I wrote this week: "If You Catch Him Right..." and "On Sermon Outlines."  Kevin DeYoung: The Preacher at His Best Russell D. Moore: What Martin Luther King Can Teach Us About Preaching Eric McKiddie: 3 Reasons Your Church Needs Sermon Illustrations Jay Dennis: Pornography and Pastors  Jonathan Leeman:...

Every sermon should have a destination. It also needs a clear path to get there. A sermon outline charts the path for the sermon to reach its intended destination. Good sermons have effective outlines. A sermon is more than an outline. But it is not less. The outline gives structure to the message. That structure supports the substance of the message. Similarly, your body is infinitely more than a skeleton. Yet it is built on and around the connecting bones of the skeleton. There are different philosophies about the use of outlines in sermons. More preachers are using an inductive...

There was a pastor I listened to during the early days of my ministry. I really enjoyed his preaching. And I would commend him to other preachers. This pastor was not well-known to many of the preachers I talked to. And they would ask me what his preaching was like. "He can say it," I would respond, "if you catch him right." A friend gave me a lot of tapes of this pastor over the years. Some of the messages were stellar examples of Bible exposition. Others, not so much. He sometimes used the text to make a point the...

Thanks for reading my blog. Saturday Shout-Outs is my weekly bulletin board. You can sign up for email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. Thanks to Pastor Lawrence Vaughn and the Mt. Sinai Church of Port Arthur for the opportunity to preach their summer revival. So here's the "accident" I had this week. I bumped my head on a speaker shelf in the auditorium before church Wednesday night. Hard. Really hard. Very painful. A little bloody. Extremely embarrassing. Thanks for your prayers and concern, Shiloh! I appreciate those who have shown initial interest in the expository...

Thanks for reading my blog this week. Saturday Shout-Outs is my weekly bulletin board You can sign up for email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. A big shout-out to the members of the Shiloh Church for your generosity that will let us bless many families during out Back-to-School weekend. You make it happen! Thanks for the Metropolitan Baptist Church of Milwaukee for your kindness this week. Shout-out to Pastor Corey Pruitt and the Mt. Enon Baptist Church of Dayton for the opportunity to take part in their Fire on Fridays series. I signed the contract this...