Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

This is a strange story, isn’t? Whether we’ve grown up in church and heard it our entire lives or are new to faith and just getting exposed… Read more ““Little Brother,” Genesis 4: 1-10, Hebrews 11: 4″

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In The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James describes those who commit themselves to religious institutions and find value in religious experience as “once born” or “twice born.” “Once… Read more “Bible Study Review 6/7: “Andrew, the First Disciple””

I wanted to call this sermon “12 Random Drunks.” I chickened out at the last minute. That’s what has always grabbed my attention on Pentecost. Giant roar… Read more ““12 Guys in a Crowd,” Acts 2″

Last Sunday evening Meghan and went to Clemson to see one of her cousins get married. It was a very nice venue, beautiful decorations and all that.… Read more ““Bearing Witness,” Acts 1: 6-14″

About a week after Groundhog’s day 2002 my sister and I both received letters from my grandmother. It was a long letter, overflowing with emotion, talking about… Read more ““The Air we Breathe,” John 14: 15-21, Acts 17: 22-28″

First Peter is written to a people in crisis. That’s the first thing we need to understand and remember if this text is going to have any… Read more ““Old Abandoned Rocks,” 1 Peter 2: 2-10″

You may be familiar with the name Fred Craddock, he literally wrote the book on preaching that you’ll need if you ever decide to take preaching at… Read more ““Making the List,” Romans 16: 1-16″

At some point during the day on that first Easter, two disciples of Jesus, not part of the inner circle of the eleven but two who were… Read more ““On the Road Again…,” Luke 24: 13-35″

One of my best friends from high school swears to this day that he was nearly abducted by aliens. He and another guy, who I was never… Read more ““Closer and Closer: Reach Out and Touch,” John 20: 19-29″