Crabtree Valley Baptist Church

If you are looking for a new way to celebrate Christmas, you might try this idea: You gather family and friends of all ages in a large room and ask each person to hold a single unlit candle. Then you

One of the many profound questions that Jesus asked his disciples was, “Who do people say the Son of Man is? (Matthew 16:13-15) They named John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah and not to omit anyone important they said, or one of the prophets. Then Jesus

A bumper sticker on the back of a Jaguar caught my attention. It read, “How does it feel to want?”   As I thought about all the implications of that  bumper sticker, I was reminded that God gives us material things not to

Andrew, by profession, was a fisherman along with his brother Simon Peter. He was a disciple of John the Baptist until John pointed to Jesus as   “The Lamb of God”. Accepting Jesus as being greater than John the Baptist, the fisherman immediately became a follower.

Patriotism is a good thing. It is healthy for a country. It is an honorable spirit. Patriotism goes hand in hand with citizenship, with belonging, with a sense of pride and admiration for your country, for who you are and what you stand for.  It demonstrates

As Christians we are citizens of two worlds. Philippians 3:20 says, “Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body”. We are also citizens here

Back in the early 1900’s a retired minister took his grandson back up into the mountains where he had been invited to preach. When they passed  the offering plate, the minister put in a crinkled dollar and the grandson put in 25 cents.

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