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Introduction of the Hero

Ruth 2:2-4 Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be able to make important decisions that really affect our nation. I have also...

Levirate Law

Ruth 2:1-2 I am so glad we do not have arranged marriages in the U.S. Can you imagine being stuck with someone you never wanted to marry...

Forsaking The Past

Ruth 1:15-22 A while back there was a situation in which someone suspected me of doing something wrong. When the person conducting the...

Farewell Tears

Ruth 1:6-14 Isn’t it interesting how God made men and women so different? In general, women are very emotional, and many will cry...

Leaving The House of Bread

Ruth 1:1-5 There was a night when I was working at Chick-fil-A in Florida that a couple came to the door of the restaurant after we had...

Hot Days and Wormy Nights

Jonah 4:5-11 When I was 7 or 8 years old, I caught a tadpole. I put the tadpole in a foot tub so that I could watch it grow and mature...

Is It Right For You To Be Angry?

Jonah 4:1-4 On May 2, 2011 at 11;30 pm, I got out of bed for some reason and turned the tv on. It was on a news station and the reporter...

Response To The Message

Jonah 3:5-10 One of the last major incidents I worked involved 10 members of one gang being attacked by 40+ people in the dormitory they...

A Message of Destruction

Jonah 3:1-4 There is this interesting fact about saving someone's life, the person has to be in danger. It sounds funny when worded like...

Graduating With Honors

Jonah 2:10 Probably the only school I will ever graduate from with honors is the school of hard knocks. I can be a slow learner some...

A Peculiar Prayer Meeting

Jonah 2:1-9 “I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me” (Psalm 119:75). I spoke on...

Seemingly Little Details

Jonah 1:17 Some years back, while working at the prison, there was a call for assistance at the Tag Plant. Yes, it is exactly what it...

Man Overboard

Jonah 1:10-16 When I lived in Florida, I had a manager that invited a group of us to the lake. We went riding on his boat and went...

"I fear the Lord..."

Jonah 1:4-9 When we were growing up, we used to sing a song called "Master of the Wind". Here are the lyrics to the first verse and...

Go To Nineveh

Jonah 1:1-3 Can you imagine God speaking to you on October 11, 2001 and saying, "I want you to go to Afghanistan and preach the gospel to...

A Good Question

Exodus 20:13; I Samuel 13:13-14 Students ask teachers A LOT of questions. Some questions are intelligent questions... others, not so...

Guard

I Timothy 6:20-21 Towards the end of my time at the prison, National Geographic sent a television crew to film a "documentary" about our...

The Command for Rich Christians

I Timothy 6:17-19 The Church is filled with people of every station in life. There are those in extreme poverty, others who are poor by...

The Good Confession

I Timothy 6:11-16 When I was in high school, I watched through a window as the weight training coach paddled another student. The boy...

Greed and Contentment

I Timothy 6:3-10 I drove I-95 from Brunswick to Kingsland 6 days a week for over a year. Just before I got to my exit there was a...

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Why “From the North”?

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Two verses inspire the title. First, Job 37:22 “Fair weather cometh out of the north:with God is terrible majesty”. Also, Proverbs 25:23 “The north wind driveth away rain:so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue”. In both verses, the wind from the North brings good weather.  As I pastor Northside Baptist Church, that is exactly what we want to do with this blog.  The words (wind) that leave our mouths should bring peace and hope for the day ahead.  As we share the Word of God, specifically the Gospel, our desire is to share the beautiful hope of a peaceful eternity to come when faith is placed in our Savior.  

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