Thanks for reading my blog this week. You can sign-up for free email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. Tomorrow (1/13) begins Prayer Emphasis Week 2013 at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. May the Lord smile on us as we commit this new year to God in prayer! ChurchLeaders.com: Preacher's Tip: If You Can Keep from Preaching, Do It by H.B. Charles, Jr. Congratulations to Pastor Xaviar Thompson of the Southern Missionary Baptist Church for becoming the new and youngest President of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Los Angeles and Vicinity. Have you followed the news...

Happy New Year! I hope the this first week of 2013 has been a good one for your and yours. Thanks for reading my blog. You can sign-up for email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. Please pray for the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church that we would be a more faithful and fruitful congregation in 2013. You can now pre-order my upcoming book, It Happens After Prayer: Biblical Motivation for Believing Prayer Happy Birthday to my longtime friend and prayer partner, E. Richey Jones. You still have time to register for the First Baptist JAX Pastors'...

Well, it's the last weekend of 2013. My last Saturday Shout-Outs for the year. Hope you enjoy! Thanks for reading my blog. You can sign up for free email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. Check out my Top Posts of 2012. Shout-out to SermonCentral for posting my article on sermon introductions: 9 Powerful Ways to Introduce Your Sermons John Piper: Where Was God in All the Goodness of 2012?  A new, free e-book from Desiring God: "Still Not Professionals" Justin Taylor: Reading the Bible in 2013 Collin Hansen: My Top 10 Theology Stories of 2012 Joe...

Saturday Shout-Outs is my weekly "bulletin board" of things I have read or noticed over the course of the week. Merry Christmas! Thanks for reading my blog this week. And thanks for your comments. You can sign-up for email updates of future posts under the picture to the left. Shout-out to Roger Sears and the music department of the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church for a wonderful Christmas Musical this past Wednesday night! Check out my interview with Dr. Rudolph Waldo McKissick Sr. - Part 1 and Part 2. I found a new Spurgeon app: Daily Faith. It's free until the...

Saturday Shout-Outs is my weekly "bulletin board" of things I have read or noticed over the course of the week. Thanks for reading my blog this week. You can sign under the picture to the left to receive email updates of future posts. Thanks for the well wishes to Crystal and I, as we celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary this week. A big shout-out to the staff, leaders, and volunteers of the Shiloh Church for your service during the Clark Sisters concert this weekend. Thanks for reading, commenting on, and sharing my post: "On Being a Guest Preacher"  Shout-out to Michael Duduit and...

Saturday Shout-Outs is my weekly "bulletin board" of things I have read and noticed over the course of the week. I thank God for the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church! Make sure you read the post I wrote this week On Sermon Introductions. Also check out the Keelan Atkinson Interview. I posted the manuscript of a sermon I recently preached, "When Duty Calls" (Luke 17:1-10). Congratulations to my friend, Lance A. Mann, on his new assignment as Pastor of the St. Luke Baptist Church in Crockett, Texas. A big shout-out to my friend, Ray Pritchard, who agreed to write the foreword...

Good day. Today is the first day of December, 2012. Interesting year. But it is almost over. May the Lord's blessings be on you and yours and you end this year and go through the holidays. Thanks for reading my blog this week. And thanks for your comments. Sign up under the picture to the left for to receive email updates of future posts. A big birthday shout-out to my niece, Harriette Monroe! Glad that she and my sister are in town and that I have the opportunity to spend her birthday with her. Make sure you check out my...

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a safe, blessed, and restful holiday. The Shiloh Church met for worship on Thanksgiving morning. What a service! I love my congregation. I preached a 1st person narrative on the 10 Lepers that I called, "The Testimony of a Cleansed Leper" (Luke 17:11-19). I almost chickened out in the last minute. I'm glad I hung in there with what I prepared. I am grateful to have my sister, Harriette, and niece, also named Harriette, here with us from Los Angeles for the holiday. That Dallas Cowboys tried as hard as they could to ruin...

Thanks for reading my blog this week. Thanks to my new subscribers. And thanks for your comments. Make sure you sign up for this blog under the picture to the left to receive email updates of new posts. If you missed my interview with my Dr. Melvin V. Wade Sr. this week, check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Shout-out to Pastor Mike Stone and the George Southern Baptist Convention for the opportunity to speak in their Pastor's Conference in Warner Robbins this week. Shout-out to Pastor John Barber and the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church of Miami...

Happy Veterans Day Weekend! We are grateful for the men and women who have sacrificed to preserve the freedoms we enjoy. Thanks for reading my blog this week. You can sign-up under the picture to the left to receive email updates of future posts. I am still praising God for the four years he has granted me to serve the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church as its pastor. We are still praying for those in the North East who suffered through Sandy and are now dealing with a cold front of snow. A birthday shout-out to S. Wesley, one of the faithful...

Thanks for reading my blog this week. Thanks for your comments. And thanks for subscribing. You can subscribe to this blog under the picture to the left to receive email updates of future posts. Our prayers are with those who have suffered loss as a result of the storm, Sandy. A big shout-out to A. Francis, who serves as the receptionist and administrative assistant at the Shiloh Church. Happy Birthday! And thanks for all that you do. Thanks to the pastors of Pensacola for the opportunity to minister the word during their Pensacola Citywide Revival for the second year. I...

Thanks for reading my blog this week. Let me invite you to subscribe to the blog under the picture to the left to receive email updates of future posts. Shout-out to the men of the Shiloh Church who joined me this morning for the first session of 33 The Series men's Bible study. Shout-out to the Mid-America Pastors and Ministers Institute leaders for the opportunity to minister the word at their conference this week. Like all of the delegates, I was challenged to be a better preacher to the glory of God. A big shout-out to Tim Challies. I am...