Crabtree Valley Baptist Church

Come apart before you fall apart. Jesus didn’t actually say it that way but the message is the same. The crowds were pressing in on Jesus and his disciples.  The stress was building up, weariness was setting in, emotionally, physically

Michael and Coleen Brandt live in South Dakota where they have a ministry to help struggling pastors and churches which he calls “Shepherding the Shepherds”.  Michael was a keynote speaker at the Gideon Banquet in Raleigh on May 5. Desiring

Webster defines the word “Partner” as “a person who takes part in some activity in common with another or others.”  Businesses are often formed through partnerships. Two players in games like tennis or bridge can partner together as a team

A hymn by Fanny Crosby goes like this: To the work! To the work! We are servants of God, Let us follow the path that our Master has trod; With the balm of his counsel our strength to renew, Let

Popular writer Gordon MacDonald reminds us in his soul searching book, “Ordering Your Private World,” about the danger of sink holes.  His source of inspiration on the subject comes from the extra large number of sink holes that have occurred

We are already in the middle of April. Can you believe it?  We are always remarking about how fast time flies. But what is really flying by is our lives.  I have a treasured Grandfather clock which the Deacons of

Are you continuing in prayer?  With all that is going on in our world today it is easy to give in to discouragement, fear, anger and worry.  The world in which Paul lived was no more encouraging than the world

There is a story of a little boy who was one of seven children. One day, he had an accident which required hospitalization.  Coming from a very poor family and not enough food on the table to satisfy the hunger

According to Scripture, Jesus died and was laid in the borrowed, unused tomb of Joseph of Arimathea on Friday. Someone asked, “Why a borrowed tomb?”  The answer, He only needed it for two nights. Early Saturday morning the Chief Priests

Life is not lived on a level plain. Rather, it is filled with mountains and valleys, ups and downs, highs and lows, good and bad. It was certainly that way for Jesus.  His parents witnessed the high moment when the