Author Archives: brothershawn

God Bless Us Everyone!

Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. The older I get the more I enjoy the tradition of Christmas. Up until a few years … Continue reading

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The “No Rules” Church

I recently read the statistic that 59% of millennials that were raised in church have dropped out. I would imagine that to be an accurate statistic. We have, for the most part, lost a generation or two of young people … Continue reading

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Church-daters

Acts 20:28  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. Someone has said that a … Continue reading

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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death…Are You Kidding?

“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.” Deuteronomy 32:15 “proclaim liberty throughout all the … Continue reading

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You Cant Take It With You

And he {Jesus} said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 12:15 If you had never read another verse in the Bible this verse … Continue reading

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Drunkenness, the Devils Backdoor to Hell.

Proverbs 20:1  “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”  Proverbs 23:29-32  “Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?  … Continue reading

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Election

ELECTION A man recently told me that he went to a church where the pastor stood up and announced that they did not believe in that “election stuff”. I cannot imagine anyone sitting under a man who would throw out … Continue reading

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Learning Contentment

Philippians 4:11-13  Not that I speak in respect of want: for I HAVE LEARNED, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things … Continue reading

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The Benefits of Affliction.

Psalms 119:71  “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.” This seems like a very strange statement to such a pleasure seeking, indulgent, pampered generation like our own. In many of our churches … Continue reading

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The Hateful World

John 15:18-19  “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have … Continue reading

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