by FBC Laurens | Oct 23, 2020 | Sermons
In the early years of our marriage, when my mom and dad would come for a visit, my dad would often give me a call in the days leading up to their arrival. He would share what time they planned to leave and thus arrive, how long they would be able to stay and ask if we...
by FBC Laurens | Oct 16, 2020 | Sermons
I recently read a reflection by an old friend in ministry about his memories of his grandparents. Part of the story really captured my attention and has stuck with me. He shared that his grandparents had a yearly custom that they kept. Once a year, when all of...
by FBC Laurens | Oct 9, 2020 | Sermons
Our text for today is one of the more challenging texts from an interpretation standpoint in all of the Israelite wilderness story. In fact, as best we can tell, it is a story that is told twice. It occurs in Exodus 17 and then it is retold in Numbers 20. In...
by FBC Laurens | Oct 2, 2020 | Sermons
Late last Spring, I made a boys’ baseball trip with Caleb. On a Thursday afternoon, we watched the Atlanta Braves play baseball against the Pirates in downtown Pittsburg before getting in the car for a five hour drive. The next day, we planned to watch the...
by FBC Laurens | Sep 18, 2020 | Sermons
In 1962, two American scientists named David Bernays and Charles Sawyer were hiking in an isolated mountainous region of Peru. While there, they visited a glacier and in so doing made a surprise discovery. What they recognized was that the pressure of the...
