Month: January 2011

A great time long-time friend of mine, Josh Honeycutt, is blogging now, and I have been so blessed by it. The two of us grew up together and were in the same Youth Group together during high school. I am so blessed by his biblical insight. Please click here to check out his blog DYNAMENO…

On a very, very tired Monday morning, I am leaning heavily on the Word of God. Last week took its toll on me. These truths are what keep us going. Psalm 3:3 “But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.” Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all…

Last night for our Sunday evening service, I planned to preach through Psalm 63. But every once in a while I allow for the whole congregation to have the liberty to raise their hand and share any and everything that they would like to with the rest of us. It is really good to hear…

Polar Pops are arguably the most well-known thing in all of Fairdale. Nearly everyone I know loves Polar Pops. A Polar Pop is a big, huge, refreshing fountain drink sold at Circle K gas stations. In Fairdale, we only have one gas station. It sells Marathon gasoline and is a ‘Circle K’ convenience store. A…

While visiting our families in North Carolina over Christmas, we got a big snow. Here is a picture of me with Eli and my father with JJ. My dad has always lead us to do fun things outdoors like building a snowman. You can see many more pictures on our family blog at www.joshjr.blogspot.com

I believe that wholeheartedly. I believe it because Genesis 1 and 2 describe that clearly. But I also recently was thinking through Acts 17:26 “And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place” God…

This coming Sunday, I will preach on Luke 2:41-51. This is the passage where ‘the boy Jesus is in the temple.’ This passage teaches us a lot. One interesting point is that Jesus’ parents, Joseph and Mary, had lost him. Luke 2:43 says “as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His…

Jesus says it very plainly in John 14:6 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Peter says it plainly in Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which…

Recently, Lil Wayne was released from prison. In some of his comments following his release, he says this about the Bible ““I also read the Bible for the first time. It was deep! I liked the parts where some character was once this, but he ended up being that. Like he’d be dissing Jesus, and…

The other night while leaving Wal-Mart, I noticed about 600 shopping carts scattered across the gigantic parking lot. An entire conversation took place in my brain. It was a rather nasty night out. It was cold, temp was in the 20s. It was rainy. No one wanted to be out in it… especially the Wal-Mart…