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Next Sunday, October 29, we will be celebrating our 20th anniversary as a congregation. It falls on the choicest of days, as it is Reformation Sunday. We love celebrating these anniversaries as they are a homecoming to us. While everyone is invited, if you were a part of our initial work here at Providence, we would especially love to see you at one of the two events of th...

Adams, Isaac. Talking About Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations. Zondervan: Grand Rapids, 2022. I started this book back in February during Black history month. I had to lay it aside as a bigger project interfered. But I resumed reading it this summer. This is a great book regarding race and much needed. Note the title- this is not a book about race- but a volume on...

I recently went on record in my sermon three weeks ago, that I believe the Bible is the most wonderful book on the earth. It is supernaturally composed and can reveal to us not only our great God but also who we are as well (James 1:22-25). The construction of 66 books written over two millennia having a complete story from beginning to end and the fact that it still has r...

If you think relationships are an essential part of healthy church life, and I hope you do, then small groups (K Groups) should also be important to you. They are actually crucial to the life of any healthy church. A lot of Christian discipleship deals with what you need to know, not who you need to be with. That is sad because if we get our relationships right, the infor...

Akenson, Donald Harman. A Protestant in Purgatory: Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin. Archon Books: Hamden, CT, 1981. I have frequently come across Richard Whately's (1787-1863) name in my studies. He has been considered somewhat of an enigma in history as to what his purposes were when he became archbishop of Dublin for the Church of England. Many wonder if he was a ...

Recently, I read Aubrey Sequeira's little book on the Lord's Supper (you can find this in the book reviews). Many people ask me how can I make the Supper more meaningful. The number one way that you can enhance this means of grace is to prepare at least the night before. Knowing that we celebrate the Supper on the first Sunday of the month allows you to meditate on the eve...

Providence is defined as divine guidance or care. When we arrived in Huntsville in September of 2022, we could not have imagined God's grace as he guided us to Providence Baptist Church. We had the entire country to choose from and we believe it was no coincidence that we were led to Huntsville, AL, not only to Huntsville, but to live in an area called Village of Providenc...

Chin, Richard. Captivated by Christ: Seeing Jesus Clearly in the Book of Colossians. Matthias Media: Sydney, 2019. Next month I am leading a men's retreat at another church. We will be working through the book of Colossians and I was looking for helpful resources to assist me in my preparation. I had this one on a shelf and read through it quickly. This is probably a goo...

Reviews can be found in previous blogs. Brotherton, Marcus. Blaze of Light: The Inspiring True Story of Green Beret Medic,GaryBeikirch, Medal of Honor Recipient. Waterbrook: 2020. Strickland, Darby.Is It Abuse? A Biblical Guide to Identifying Domestic Abuse and HelpingVictims.PR Publishing:Phillipsburg, NJ, 2020. Peter. The Ten Commandments: A Guide to the Perfect La...

Allen, Leslie C. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing, 1976. I was able to grab hold of this reputable commentary at a thrift store. The NIC series is well known and even the older copies are of great use. I was not satisfied with the previous study on Joel, so I thought this...