I Have a Prayer

I Have a Prayer Well, actually I have many prayers that I pray on a regular basis. But when I wrote that, I was thinking of Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech from six decades ago that he gave in Washington DC at the mall of our nation’s capital. I agree with…

Reviving Our Mission

Today, we come to the conclusion of our Missions Revival for 2023 with our services this morning and this evening. For most of the two decades that I have served here with you at Summerville Baptist Church, we have made October our month to focus on the Lord’s mission for His churches to fulfill His…

God is Fundamental to All Things

Everything starts with God! Any study of Theology must begin with God, because He alone is the origination of all things that are true. Even the word “Theology” is defined as “the study of” as in “ology” and “God” as in “theos,” which is the Greek word for God. All that is in creation begins…

This is a Football!

Fundamentals are the basic truths that everything else is built upon. Fundamentals of anything are the essential that are nonadjustable to be maintained and always be reminded of to keep what you have. If you change the fundamentals of anything, it ceases to be the same thing but rather has mutated into something very different…

The I AM Still Is

For over six decades, the Almighty God has been building His church here at Summerville and He still is. Only the I AM is qualified to impart spiritual life into sinners like you and me, and He still is. Only I AM can change lives through the power of His Word, and He still is.…

For the Glory of the Lord

This past week we made a change in the year. On Friday, we officially entered into the autumn season. The weather is changing and soon the leaves of the deciduous trees will be as well. Indeed, the days are getting shorter and cooler. As we move from one season to the next and another year…

Thank You for Serving

We live in a day and age of less people being willing to serve and more people expecting to be served. Today, we are recognizing people who are willing to serve their fellow man. They are servants who are willing to serve their fellow humans often in their worst traumas of life. Brave men and…

Doing Life God’s Way

I Corinthians 10:31 “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” Colossians 3:17 “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Colossians 3:23 “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord,…

God is Great, God is Good!

Do you remember praying that very basic and elementary prayer when you were a child perhaps even before you knew the Lord as your Saviour? I do, but I am glad that I have graduated from rote memorized prayers of a preschooler and moved to more personal prayers that change each time I bow my…