Pastor Brad’s Notebook

24 Jun

Posted at 11:35h in Fridays Are For Family, Uncategorized
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Being raised in a pastor's home, I didn't have the opportunity or blessing of being raised near my grandparents like some people I know. For example, my wife spent the first part of her life living in a house that shared the same driveway with her grandparents and from birth until the time she moved to college living in the same town with both sets of grandparents. She tells stories of eating at her grandparents' house after church on Sunday mornings, summers at her Grandmother Robinson's house, planting strawberries with her Granddaddy Dowdy and huge family get-togethers in Gleason, TN.

22 Jun

Posted at 10:09h in Devotionals, Uncategorized
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“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought.” Revelation 12:7 So, in spite of what we’re told and taught today, environment is not enough to make one happy or good. Many believe all that is needed for society to be peaceful and prosperous is for there to be a perfect place for man to reside – an adequate, abundant environment.

20 Jun

Posted at 10:03h in Devotionals, Uncategorized
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"Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."  Genesis 22:1 "After these things..." After what things? After all the things of Abraham's life. Isn't that a strange place to assign such a sacrificial test? Normally we would expect that a man would be tested in the beginning of his life - in the years when the sun is rising. Why then is Abraham subjected to such a sacrificial test at sunset? Why has the sacrificial hour been placed at the close of his life? Isn't it normally expected that such test would come in the time when a man's power of sacrifice would be the most accurate measure of him? The simple answer is "No. No it's not."

17 Jun

Posted at 18:06h in Fridays Are For Family
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This past week I had the rare opportunity to spend several days with my dad at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix, AZ. Since we're both in full-time ministry (Is there any other kind?), it can be difficult to see each other. We do talk to each other by phone or by text at least once a day, sometimes several times a day, but that really isn't the same. That's why I really enjoyed getting to share a room and spend some time together this past week.