“For the Lamb…will lead them to springs of living water.” (Revelation 7:17) Since I had such a wonderful response to my column about John Newton, the author of Amazing Grace, I thought I would share one more story with you about a lady whom I consider to be America’s greatest hymn writer, Fanny Crosby. Fanny Crosby wrote over 8,000 hymns during her lifetime, many of which still appear in today’s hymnals. Hymns like Blessed Assurance, All the Way My Savior Leads Me, To God Be the Glory, Pass […]

“There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:22-24) What makes Christianity different from all other religions in the world? C.S. Lewis, a longtime defender of the gospel once said, “Oh, that’s easy. It’s grace.” Grace is difficult for the unbeliever to understand primarily because of the demonstrative change it can make in the life of a believer. And there isn’t a better example […]

“…It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High.” (Psalms 92:1) My wife and I share a common love for Southern Gospel music. In fact, we love it so much that we work with our church to bring Southern Gospel artists to Griffin. We agree with William Congreve, the English dramatist, who once said, “Music has charms to soothe a savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak”. Indeed, we have seen God move at our concerts and have […]

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (1 Timothy 3:16-17) The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC recently reported that religious scholars attending a conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill think that most of the major beliefs to which Christians hold are nothing more than myths. They called their meeting a Jesus Seminar and claim that only 18 percent of the verses […]