A Southern Baptist pastor for almost 35 years, I currently serve as Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Angleton, Texas, and post my weekly sermons on this site, as well as a brief overview for Sunday School teachers of the weekly Lifeway "Explore the Bible" lesson.
Tag Archives: diet
Your Body: Slave — or Master?
“But I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.” (I Corinthians 9:27) Paul wrote here that he “disciplined” his body. The New American Standard Bible … Continue reading
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Tagged body, diet, discipline, eating, food, I Corinthians 9:27, master, physical body, slave
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How To Stay Poor
You probably don’t want a recipe for poverty, but the more pertinent question may be, are you unwittingly following it? Proverbs 21:17 says: “He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies
Tagged diet, discipline, exercise, poverty, Proverbs 21:17
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This Week in “Paradise” Sept. 3rd
This Week in “Paradise” Sept. 3rd This week in the “Paradise” of the pastor’s home, we dealt with an impending hurricane, aging bodies, and of course our kitten, Eponine. Get Behind Me! My wife Cheryl loves French fries, but had … Continue reading
Posted in Home & Family Life, This Week In Paradise (pastors family blog)
Tagged ailing parents, diet, dysautonomia, french fries, Hurricane Isaac, Hurricane Isaac spoof video, hurricnae preparation, ice cream, kitten Eponine, pastor's family, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, POTS, spoiled kitten, weather reporters
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