Crabtree Valley Baptist Church

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

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