Over the past two decades, I’ve had the privilege of preaching in truly remarkable churches located in small towns. When I was in Bible College in the 1960s, the largest Christian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, had about 400 in attendance. There was only one Restoration Movement church in the nation...

The first church in Jerusalem started with 3,000 members, while the first church in Philippi began meeting in a house. Clearly, God uses both large and small churches to accomplish His will. In recent weeks, I’ve written about great churches I’ve visited and worked with over the past decade—rural congregations...

In 2025, I plan to periodically continue the series on effective churches I’ve visited. But today, I want to reflect on the recent pardon of Hunter Biden and what it reveals about the ultimate pardon offered by our Heavenly Father. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden issued what the media...

“Thank God for his Son—his Gift too wonderful for words!” (2 Corinthians 9:15 – TLB   MERRY CHRISTMAS! ~Bob & Judy                                                 ....

A Healthy Church Is… (Part 3 of a series on what makes a healthy church) In September of 2017, Dr. Heath Lambert was called to serve as the Senior Minister of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. For decades, First Baptist had been one of the flagship churches in the...