We live in an age where people resist and even resent the idea of authority. A rugged individualism that says you cannot tell me what to do governs our thinking.
Mississippi News March 13, 2025 Obituaries Excail Burleson, who led six churches as pastor before he retired and served as interim pastor to four others,
“Though the concept is somewhat foreign to us, it was commonplace in ancient Israel,” writes pastor Adam Dooley. “Fasting appears 75 times in the Bible.”
“What if I told you that winter holds much greater significance than stoking daydreams of summer vacation or the playfulness of childhood?” says pastor Adam Dooley.
With College March Madness just around the corner, high school basketball is winding down and regional tournament brackets are starting to take shape. What can we as Christians learn from basketball?
We waited for appointments, for test results, for airplanes, and for a chance to do it all again the next week. For nearly three years, hurry up and wait was the name of the game. Waiting became routine; but it never became easy.
“Jesus’ continual use of metaphors throughout the gospel powerfully anchored truth to our hearts in a way that cold prose seldom do,” writes pastor Adam Dooley.