Happy Presidents' Day! We had a blessed day of worship yesterday at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. During our 10:30 service, we had Parent-Child Dedications for six families. Always a joy! As always, I am grateful for our guests who joined us in worship. I preached from Ephesians 1:7-10. I called the message, “The Blessing of Redemption in Christ.” The point of the message was this: Praise God for blessing us with redemption in Christ. There were two major sections to the message: The present blessings of redemption in Christ (1:7-8) The future blessings of redemption in Christ (1:9-10) Redemption...

Thanks, again, to all who served in our Vacation Bible School last week. You made it happen! 5th Sundays are Missions Emphasis Day at Shiloh. Today we highlighted the work of our own Outreach Center, under the leadership of Pastor Reginald Bryant. As always, grateful for our guests in worship today. I did not preach 8 AM. Was not physically up to it today. Pastor Al filled-in for me. At the last-minute, no less. I am glad to have ready and available help. I pressed my way to preach and lead worship at 10:15. It felt like I stood there...

Yesterday we celebrated three years the Lord has blessed us to serve him together as pastor and people at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. What a church!!!Either time flies by or I am getting older. Or both. Wednesday evening, Pastor George Hurtt of the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church of Los Angeles was our guest speaker. He kicked off the celebration in a great way with a message from Psalm 23:2. Yesterday, our guest was Pastor Romell Williams, who leads the Lilydale Baptist Church in Chicago. He preached from Matthew 20:1-16 and 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. They were both solid messages. It...

CRYSTAL UPDATE: Thanks for your ongoing prayers for Crystal. She still cannot move around much. But there have been no complications from her surgery. And her recovery is coming along as scheduled. Praise God. Good day of worship at Shiloh yesterday. Our youth and young adults led the music yesterday. Good job. Thankful for all of our guests yesterday. God bless the families who participated in our parent-child dedication yesterday. I began a new series on the Epistle of James yesterday. I preached from James 1:1-4 and called the message, “Taking Advantage of your Trials.” I have been looking forward...

Good day of worship and fellowship at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. Grateful for all the guests who joined us in worship. Our children's choir led in song during our 10 AM service. Our mass choir looks beautiful in their new robes. Carlton Burgess led the song of preparation at 10 AM. His medley of old hymns was moving. Praise God for those who were baptized. I preached a message from Hebrews 10:24-25 that I entitled "Assembly required." I argued that Christian assembly is required for all Christians. I am very passionate about this subject. I believe that growing Christians much...

We had a good day of worship and fellowship today at the Shiloh Church. Praise God for those who were baptized in worship today. Our children’s choir led in musical praise today. As always, it was encouraging to have the little ones participating in worship today. It was really cool to meet some of the guests who were in worship today. It is great that the members are inviting their family and friends to church with them. Our choir sung “But God” today from Ron Winans Family & Friends IV. I really love this song. And it was a great...

It was a good day of worship and fellowship at Shiloh Church today. We sang, “Here I am to Worship,” today. This song is really growing on me. We had quite a few guests in worship today. Way cool. I am thankful for all of our volunteers for their service. You make it happen! Praise God for those who were baptized today. One of our pastors had the privilege of baptizing his two daughters today. I really had a good time teaching our new members class today, so much so that I did not finish my lesson today. I sat...

Praise God for a blessed day of worship at the Shiloh Church today! I am grateful for all of our guests in worship today. I have been away from home preaching all week. It was great to be home to worship with and minister to my own congregation this morning. The musical praise was exceptional today. I am grateful for our music team. Thanks for your service today. I rejoice with all who were baptized today to express their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is very encouraging to be a witness to this important step of faith today....

Happy Independence Day weekend! It is a great blessing to live in the United States of America, with all of the liberties we enjoy. Thank God for those who have given their lives and continue to stand in harms way for our freedom. Because it was the 4th of July, we adjusted our worship schedule. All Bible Study Fellowship groups were cancelled. And we only held one worship service – at 9 AM. For the record, attendance was much better than I thought it was going to be. I am praying for all the members of Shiloh who are traveling...

Today was Ministry Emphasis Day 2010 at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. Our worship services today were meant to challenge the church to get plugged into a place of Christian service. There was also a ministry fair to give our members an opportunity to learn more about our ministries and to get involved. Our theme for today was “Get Plugged In.” I planned to say this to members I greeted today. However, many of the members I chatted with today were people I recognized to be already serving in some area of ministry. Praise God! And may their tribe increase! Thanks...

Happy New Year! It was a beautiful day. But it was cold. No. It was cooooooold! The weather guy called it “deceptive sunshine.” He explained, “You will look outside and see the sunshine. But when you go outside, you will feel the cold.” He was right. I am glad the saints pressed on to worship anyway. The Lord smiled on our first Lord’s Day worship services in 2010 at Shiloh yesterday. I resumed teaching my New Members Class yesterday. It was good to be with our new members and to discuss with them the good news of Jesus Christ. I...

Today was the last Sunday of the 2009. God has been faithful. And it was a joy to be in worship again with the saints of Shiloh. We only had one service today at Shiloh. We met at 9 AM. I do not know if the change of time threw some people off or whether people were out because of the holiday. Regardless, I am grateful for all of the members and guests that pressed their way to worship today. Our young adult ensemble led the musical praise this morning under the leadership of Reginald Bass. I am grateful and...