from 10/21/2012….. Sunday mornings are my favorite time of the week. For me singing is worship. I love being in choir. I think God must have had me in mind when He decided Heaven would have a choir! I want to sing in the tenor, alto, and soprano sections...
From 10/21/2015: “What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.” C. S. Lewis Yesiree, now isn’t that the truth? Sometimes an experience challenges the philosophy one has, based on prior experience, so...
From 10/21/2017: When Hurricane Michael ripped a hole in the upstairs west side wall our classroom library at Titus 2, we lost some of our books. Some have been replaced. Others were shared with folks who lost everything in their homes. As we continue our...
In the days, weeks, and months after H. Michael most everyone had one or more, some had many, flat tires from nails and other construction debris all over the roads. This incident happened on the 8th day after the storm near my house. “A little lady, a widow,...
Let Me Say That Again By Dr. Maxie Dunnam Most ministers have a preaching style with practices that are common in their delivery of the sermon. Somewhere along the way in my preaching, I developed a practice of emphasis and repetition using the recurring phrase, “Let...
From 10/20/2016 Imagine my surprise: “Rev. Byrd, I’m calling from Gov. Scott’s office……” Shared with Titus 2 board members and instructors! The faithfulness you all have shown has helped make Titus 2 something to be proud of...
Assurance…. A hallmark doctrine of Methodism….. yet do we really “get it?” It is not “all about the heart”….. it’s only about the heart after it’s been circumcised and healed by the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit operating by invitation to Jesus to take control...
“Jesus’ healings are not supernatural healings in a natural world. They are the only ‘natural’ thing in a world that is unnatural, demonized, and wounded.” German theologian Jurgen Moltmann quoted in Dana Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners snd...
Sweet memories……. ”On the night that I first saw Bill Byrd, I was picked up at my dorm by one of his fraternity brothers and was escorted to a social event on Auburn’s campus for those of us who were candidates for sweetheart of their fraternity. As...
Sometimes I hear people carelessly use this phrase, “your ways are not our ways. Your thoughts are not our thoughts”, to direct us toward the “what” of God’s will and work in a circumstance is a scripture I have pondered a lot. The...
