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An African Hunter
This last week I received one of those heart-breaking, sad, and thrilling joyful call that announces the inaugural homegoing of a...
May 9, 20223 min read


Faithful, Humble, Courageous, Brilliant
This morning I awakened lonely. General T.C. Pinckney had given a final salute to all of us and answered the roll call of the Savior in...
Dec 21, 20213 min read


December 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation Newsletter
Click here to read the Summer 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation newsletter. Click here to read the 2021 Christmas card.
Dec 14, 20211 min read


December 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation Newsletter
Click here to read the Summer 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation newsletter. Click here to view the 2021 Christmas card.
Dec 14, 20211 min read


Unsung Evangelical Heroes
Irresistible spears of morning light dissipate the darkness of the night, announcing a new day. Before the pinkness of the setting...
Sep 17, 20213 min read


Courage—In Your Heart, Not Your Biceps
Forty-five years ago, on my 34th birthday, my pastor W.A. Criswell summoned me to his home study. In my second year of serving as Dr....
Sep 9, 20213 min read


Robert Tenery’s Prodigious Leap
Friday, August 13, about 1:00 p.m., Robert Tenery approached the track for a final run. Age 89 and a large man, he could no longer...
Aug 16, 20213 min read


Summer 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation Newsletter
Click here to read the Summer 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation newsletter. Among the headlines in this issue: CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD:...
Jul 19, 20211 min read


Summer 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation Newsletter
Click here to read the Summer 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation newsletter.
Jul 19, 20211 min read


Isaiah’s Discovery of Community Prophecy and His Abuse of Gentiles
Shortly after what must have been an intense meeting with God, Isaiah probably received a delegation of his fellow prophets. Hosea,...
Jul 7, 20213 min read


A Sinkhole or Earthquake?
A sinkhole can occur anywhere or anytime. Florida, surrounded on three sides by water and sporting a fair amount of porous soil beneath...
Jun 10, 20214 min read


The Truth About Men in Church
For most of my life, I have resisted the desire to respond to the misrepresentations, unkindness, and uncharitableness of constant...
Jun 3, 20213 min read


The Cost of a Soul
What is the cost involved in bringing a soul to Christ? Take a careful gander at the four practically destroyed tires retrieved from the...
May 27, 20213 min read


But They Can’t Preach
The day of local church revivals is like the Coronosaurus, something that belonged to a former era. With the passing of revival services...
May 20, 20213 min read


Shabbat Is No Siesta
Remember the . . . . Well, remember . . . . Oh well, forget it! Blue laws and keeping the sabbath belong to an era of early American...
May 13, 20213 min read


How’s That, Again?
A Pew Research project[1] reported this conclusion: A significant number of U.S. teens are confident that there may be truth in more than...
May 6, 20213 min read


The Eyes of the Pastor
Instructions for the monetary compensation of the minister are not obscure in the Bible. In 1 Timothy 5:17-18, elders are worthy of...
Apr 28, 20214 min read


Sorrow in the Churches When the Pastor Is the Parson
Geoffrey Chaucer’s intimate assessment of the souls of assorted pilgrims journeying together to Canterbury in the spring of the year...
Apr 22, 20213 min read


The Nobility of the Pastor’s Call
Facilitating many of the problems facing today’s evangelical churches is a perceptible decline in the value assessed to preaching and to...
Apr 15, 20213 min read


A Pastor – What Is He?
Pastors are very much like electric light bulbs. Just about everybody has them; few really comprehend how they work; once in awhile you...
Apr 8, 20213 min read
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