by Dewayne Spivey | Aug 18, 2020 | Pulpit Minister
Do you like change? Depends on what is changing, doesn’t it? I’m sure most of us are not happy with the changes that have come about as the result of COVID. Most of us are looking forward to returning to a more normal life situation. Changes often sadden us. Like the...
by Dewayne Spivey | Aug 11, 2020 | Pulpit Minister
Job was a great man of faith. God said so and demonstrated his faith to us. But Job made a mistake common to many of us, and probably all of us at one time or another. Job, this great man of faith, accused God of wrong doing. He declared God to be unfair –...
by Dewayne Spivey | Aug 4, 2020 | Pulpit Minister
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” How many people do you know and admire that you imitate? I have friends at Freed-Hardeman who take great pleasure in imitating their favorite professors and best friends with me. We do not do this out of spite, but out of...
by Dewayne Spivey | Jul 28, 2020 | Pulpit Minister
The book of Hosea is a sad and disturbing book. Putting ourselves in Hosea’s place arouses so many emotions within us. A spouse who is unfaithful and goes after many different lovers. Children born to her who are not your own whom you are challenged to raise and love....
by Dewayne Spivey | Jul 21, 2020 | Pulpit Minister
Traps are interesting. Some are deadly, like a mouse trap. Others are more humane, like the cage trap I’m using to transport the squirrels in my back yard to a more remote area of woodlands. We liked the squirrels until this year when they decided to make it their...
by Dewayne Spivey | Jul 14, 2020 | Pulpit Minister
It’s All About Jesus Sometimes reading the Bible is hard. There are things that God inspired that are not easy to understand (2 Peter 3:15-16). Although Peter the inspired writer makes this claim, he does NOT say that those things are IMPOSSIBLE to understand....
