Today is a big day on the church calendar: Pentecost.  There are two groups in Acts 2, the early days after the resurrection.  The first group is the disciples of Jesus who were asking “What’s next?...

Your Will Be Done: The Garden of GethsemaneWeekly Devotional 6.9.2025“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.” <...

Do you try to hide your scars?  None of us can get through life without them.  Today’s scripture prominently features the disciple Thomas- often known as doubting Thomas.  Thomas is a straightforward person, not prone to metaphor...

My Body and Blood: The Last SupperWeekly Devotional 6.2.2025“Then the angel said to me, ‘Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’ And he added, ‘These are the true words of...

Over and over in scripture, we are called to remember.  Remembering is essential to living well.   We MUST remember: Who created usWho saved usWho holds our future

Maranatha: Come, Lord JesusWeekly Devotional 5.26.2025“He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.” Revel...

We all love a good story. Today we have a story within a story as we look at the story of two very different characters:  Jarius and the bleeding woman.  Jarius was an important man who knew the Jewish law and underst...

The Christian Life: United in ChristWeekly Devotional 5.19.2025“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”

What’s your impression of Mary in the Bible?  She has a major role in Jesus’ life for sure but is not mentioned by name in the Gospel of Mark or John, any of Paul’s letters or in the rest of the New Testament after the Book of Acts.  ...

Pentecost: The Gift of the Holy Spirit Weekly Devotional 5.12.2025“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever...

In our text today, Paul is writing to Timothy, a younger brother in the faith. There are a number of imperative verbs in our passage - these are commands that Paul tells Timothy. FLEE - Run from what will trap you. Paul s...

Weekly Devotional 5.5.2025Glorious Ascent: Jesus’ Exaltation as Lord “Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on acc...

How do we give thanks for what God has done for us?  We give thanks through the memories, for remembering what God has done for us.  “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pra...

Weekly Devotional 4.28.2025Making Disciples: The Great Commission “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are ...

Today, we celebrate the incredible truth that Jesus Christ is the only person in human history to rise from the dead—and this is not just a historical fact confined to the past. Jesus calls us to follow His path now. He invites us to take up ou...

Weekly Devotional 4.21.2025 He is Risen: Resurrection Hope“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ ...

There is a four word question that Jesus often asks people he encounters: "What do you seek?" What about you?  If the Resurrected Lord were here and asked you that question, what would you say?  What is your expectation of Jesus? ...

Weekly Devotional 4.14.2025 Hosanna in the Highest: The Triumphal Entry“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, h...

This is an important season in the life of the church as we make our way to Holy Week.  Lent is a journey toward death.  When Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness, he was trying to sidetrack him from death.  But in being faithfu...

In our scripture passage today, we see Moses dealing with the Israelites complaining. To be fair to the Israelites, they have left the only home they ever knew and have been wandering in the desert for a long time. But he...

Have you ever been changed by a friendship? In Exodus 33, after Moses had received the commandments and the golden calf incident, Moses began meeting with God "as one would speak with a friend."  Mo...

Ryan McCoy, FBC Shreveport Minister of Discipleship, delivered a powerful and artful sermon yesterday in the form of a soliloquy from the point of view of Pharaoh from the stories of Moses in Exodus.  In looking at it from this point of vi...

Do any of you talk to your plants?Moses had a significant conversation with a plant (tree) that had consequences throughout the entire world.Moses went from a Prince to a slave and at age 80 spoke to God.The serm...

What do we do when we are brought low in life?In our text today, Moses experiences a sudden fall. After he kills an Egyptian slave driver he is expelled from his life of luxury in the Egyptian palace. He flees Egypt and heads ...

A Beautiful Thing: Anointing at BethanyWeekly Devotional 3.3.2025“But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth o...