Crabtree Valley Baptist Church

Last Sunday, our choir beautifully sang “Bow the Knee” with words and music by Chris Machen and Mike Harland.   I don’t think that I was the only one emotionally moved by the message of this song. Considering the suffering, anxiety, worry and trauma that is going

Hurricane Matthew will not soon be forgotten. In many ways it will prove to be worse than Hurricane Floyd. As of this writing (Monday Morning) from Florida to North Carolina 20 people have died and as many as 1,500 people were stranded in Lumberton,

There is a difference between knowing about the Bible and knowing the Bible just as there is a difference in knowing about God and knowing God. A young girl was giving her mother a very difficult time over an act of disobedience. In trying to

If you are looking for a place to visit, let me suggest that you plan a trip to The Sight and Sound   Theatre just outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Billed as “the largest faith-based live theatre in the country”, this theatre and its sister

Max Eastman reminds us of two kinds of people that inhabit the earth. He describes them as passengers on a ferry boat. As a ferry boat pulls out for its journey some passengers climb upstairs or find a good viewing spot on deck while other

A recent devotional message based on a passage in Genesis 2:4-7 from a Missionary Nurse to West Africa told of her hardships and adjustments to a new culture, the desert heat and a bleak future. Yet she went on to tell how God breathed

There is an old spiritual song that says: I want Jesus to walk with me                                                All along my pilgrim journey                                                 In my trials Lord, walk with me                                                When my heart is almost breaking

There is a difference between church work and the work of the church and it is not just a play on words. Church work involves the maintenance of the organization. Church work includes the planning of the worship service with appropriate music, printing bulletins, serving on

Some of life’s experiences have happened a long time ago and yet they linger in our memory as if they happened yesterday. The year was 1969, and we were home on furlough from our missionary service in Brazil. During a three week period we camped across

Lord, teach us to pray!” was the request of one of the disciples who had watched Jesus pray.  So powerful were his prayers, the consistency with which he prayed and the fact that he was known to pray all night that those closest to him