Should You Personalize Bible Verses That Aren’t Personal?

My wife is mad at me because I took away one of her favorite verses. Well, not me, actually, but Shannon McWilliams. Shannon’s teaching is usually derivative of my own, which is good because it keeps him from error. When he goes off on his own he tends toward heresy. On this one occasion, however, he went...

What It Means to be Persecuted Like the Prophets

“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5:11-12) I’ll start with something obvious:...

Marriage in the Modern World

Larry L. Eubanks, First Baptist Church, Frederick, Maryland, April 10, 2016 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior....

Persecuted—or Just Whiny?

A few years ago I attended a pastor’s roundtable luncheon with about a dozen other pastors. We would meet 3-4 times a year, have fellowship, enjoy a nice meal in a private room at a nice restaurant, and then have a discussion on some topic related to the contemporary church. This particular luncheon was a...

From Biblical Family to Modern Family

Photo by © Can Stock Photo Inc. / goldenKB 1st in the series, “Modern Family?” Ephesians 5:21-6:9 Larry L. Eubanks, First Baptist Church, Frederick, Maryland, April 3, 2016 This morning we begin a series on the family, and we’ve given it the title of “Modern Family?” but with a question mark. What we are...

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