Welcome to my new readers! Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy the posts and find them helpful. I write “Notes from Sunday” each week about my day of worship. I reflect on the day and the events around it. I also comment on stuff that caught my attention over the weekend. (Translation: Sports!) I taught Bible Study Fellowship today for the first time in weeks. I called the lesson, “How to Minister to God.” I miss teaching this class. Praise God for those who were baptized this morning. We had a lot of guests in worship today. Way cool....

We have a great day of worship today at Shiloh. We celebrated the Lord’s Table today in both of our morning services. As always, I am grateful for the guests who joined us in worship. “You Are My Strength.” Aborted. Twice. We’ll get it, sooner or later. We also prayed for our group of our youth who are going on a short-term missions trip this week, led by our youth pastor. My two oldest are also participating. They have arrived to their destination safely. We are praying they have a safe, fruitful, and life-changing week. I cheated today. I am...

Long weekend. Very long weekend. We have a good day of worship today at Shiloh. We had a lot of special guests in worship today. A high school reunion. A large youth ministry. Several politicians. And the chair of the Democratic National Committee. Praise God for the brother we baptized today. We had parent-child dedications today. One little fellow screamed when I laid hands on him during prayer. But after church, he let me pick him up and didn’t want to leave. See there, first impressions are not always lasting impressions The music was good today. I preached a message from Psalm...

I really enjoyed my Father's Day yesterday. And we had a great day of worship at Shiloh. 23 years ago, the Lord took my father from labor to refreshment. But I am still benefiting from the 16 years I was privilege to have Dr. H.B. Charles, Sr. in my life. I was not feeling well for a good stretch of last week Thanks for your prayers and expressions of concern. Praise God for the one who was baptized yesterday. I am grateful for all of the guests who joined us for worship yesterday. Our women's chorus sung yesterday. Good thing....

This weekend was our Youth Explosion. Friday night, Kierra "KiKi" Sheard was in concert at Shiloh. Crystal and I enjoyed it more than the youth did! I woke up early Saturday morning in great pain. I went to the ER. The doctor asked me not to do anything for the rest of the weekend. I was stunned. It was the first time a doctor ever told me I should not preach. The medication she gave me put be down for the rest of the day. I missed 8 AM service. Thanks to D. Lewis for filling in. I was determined...

We had a blessed day of worship at Shiloh yesterday. It was absolutely wonderful to be home with my congregation. There’s no place like home! We celebrated the Lord’s Supper today and welcomed our new members into the Shiloh family. It is always a special time. It was good to have our guests in worship with us. “There Is A Fountain” is my favorite Communion hymn. I worked for more than a week on Psalm 61. I was looking forward to preaching it this. It left me Saturday night. I look forward to preaching Psalm 61 at some point in...

Happy Mother’s Day! I am grateful to God for my wife, Crystal, the mother of my three children. We did not torture her as severely today, in honor of Mother’s Day. We had quite a few guests in worship today. Grateful. We did Charles Jenkins’ new song, “Awesome,” corporately. It is a beautiful song. Our Children’s Choir sang today. It was great to have them participating on Mother’s Day. Our Men’s Chorus led the special music. It is encouraging to have men lead out in praises to our God. Praise God for the one who was baptized today. I preached...

We had a good day of worship at the Shiloh Church. I love my congregation! It is a privilege to serve such a great people. We did not have Bible Study Fellowship groups today. During our BSF hour, I met with our Deacons for prayer. It was refreshing and encouraging. I found renewed strength to preach our second service after our time of prayer. We celebrated the Lord's Supper and welcomed in our new members who completed our New Members Class Saturday. As always, I am grateful for all of our guests who joined us in worship. I preached a...

It was a good day of worship at the Shiloh Church. I thank God for all members who pressed their way to worship today in spite of the rain. I did not teach my Bible Study Fellowship Class today. BCP taught and called an “audible.” LOL As always, I am grateful for the guests who joined us in worship. It was a great joy to minister the word to my congregation today. I ditched my study of 1 John this morning. I preached a sermon from Matthew 7:24-27 that I entitled “Built to Last.” The Parable of the Two Builders...

Another good day of worship today at Shiloh. I finally finished my lesson today on the sovereignty of God in my Bible Study Fellowship class. I have enjoyed teaching on this great subject. I am grateful for all of our guests who joined us in worship today. Praise God for those who were baptized as followers of Christ today I sung "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" before I preached this morning. Both services! I preached from 1 John 2:15-17 about "A Love That Hates." Sermon Point: Children of God must not and should not love the world. Sermon Outline:...

We had a great day yesterday at the Shiloh Church. I love Easter Sunday morning! One of my favorte Easter quotes is from John Irving: “Anyone can be sentimental about the Nativity; any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas. But Easter is the main event; if you don’t believe in the resurrection, you’re not a believer.” A very special thanks to all of our staff and volunteers for your diligent service. You made our guest feel welcome. You ministered with excellence. You sacrificed your comfort for others. You brought glory to God. You made it happen. Thanks again....

Yesterday was Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. I am very excited! Saturday was our Make a Difference Day. Our members participated in various service projects to show the love of Christ to our community and city. It was a great day of service. Thanks to all of our volunteers. You make it happen! In my Sunday school class, I continued my lesson on the sovereignty of God. I still did not finish the lesson. And I haven’t even got the best part yet! It was great to have all of our guests in worship yesterday. The Appalachian State...