What About the Rapture?
The Rural Church Podcast 2.0 The Rural Church Podcast 2.0 is hosted by TAU’s very own,...
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Category: General
The Fallacy of the Papacy
Photo by Bethany Young on Unsplash The Death of a Pope On April 21, 2025, Jorge...
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The Joy of Open Access: Crossway’s ESV in the Public Domain
In a world where access to Scripture can be limited by copyright restrictions, Crossway’s decision...
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Will the Real St. Patty Please Stand Up?
Photo by Wyxina Tresse on Unsplash SAINT PATRICK’S DAY Well, here we are, St....
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Rightly Dividing
This is a guest post by Pastor Nahum O’ Brien Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a...
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The Providence of God in Perryville, Arkansas: A One Year Update on Reformation
The Story A year ago I was discouraged. We had just had a frustrating SBC Annual meeting in...
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Giveaway: CSB Explorer Bible for Kids
As you probably know, bloggers are often given opportunities to review products in exchange for...
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Resolution on the Sacredness of the Southern Baptist Pulpit
In the 2006 preface to his biography on John Calvin, Steve Lawson wrote, “As the pulpit...
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Quick Thoughts on Bethel Redding California
Bad Theology Take Here’s a screenshotted FB post where someone quoted Kris Vallotton (from...
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Things Above Needs Your Help
Hello brothers and sisters! Michael Coughlin, Allen Nelson, Chuck Ivey, Dave Mitchell, and George...
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Looking unto Jesus, In Context
In Hebrews 12:2, the key phrase “looking unto Jesus” is often quoted, but popularly...
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Subscribe to Things Above Us!
Hello and happy Friday to those of you reading this on the day it’s posted. Recently we...
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Some Updates on Things Above Us
We have been going through some transitions lately so I wanted to share a bit of what has been...
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What Can Rural Church Pastors do in the SBC?
Recently, during a public conversation with SBC 1st VP, Dr. Lee Brand, I had the opportunity to...
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Making Baptist Great Again: The Path to a Conservative Resurgence in the SBC
This blog post is reworked from a sermon preached on June 13, 2021, at Perryville Second Baptist...
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The Pilgrim’s Progress by Rogue Valley Fellowship — Movie Review
This is my second review of a The Pilgrim’s Progress movie, and I’m glad to share...
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Then Nathan Went To His House
In 2 Samuel 12:15, we find the phrase “Then Nathan went to his house.” It appears to...
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Encouraging the Church After the Violence in Washington DC
The following is what I told my church on January 10, 2021. Click here for the audio. Our...
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From Death to Life – Third Printing Pre-Sale
Sometime in May of 2020, From Death to Life: How Salvation Works ran out of its second printing!...
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My Top 7 Books of 2020
It would seem that with the large amount of downtime we had in 2020 back in the Spring, that I...
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An Empty Seat on Christmas
I want you to consider your Christmas activities. For some of you, Christmas is a day filled with...
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Giveaway and Book Review: CSB Holy Land Illustrated Bible
About The CSB Holy Land Illustrated Bible is a visually immersive Bible reading experience...
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Roundup for Early November
Here are some of the posts that you may have missed. Garrett digs deep into Romans 5 Adam’s...
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Uncle Tom (movie review)
Uncle Tom Movie Review From https://www.uncletom.com/ An Oral History of the American Black...
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Genesis 1-11 Series Recap and Commentary Suggestions
On Sunday, August 9, 2020, we concluded our Genesis 1-11 sermon series at Perryville Second...
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Tweets I Didn’t Send
ICYMI, I have been avoiding Twitter™ since mid-July. As part of a church plant (yay!) my...
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4 Conversion Stories
John Wesley I disagree with Wesley on several important doctrinal points. But consider how he...
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Strong-Willed Child or Weak-Willed Parent?
Anyone who has been around someone who is the parent of a child has heard the term strong-willed...
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Children’s Book Review: Dynomike: Pay It Forward
Dynomike: Pay It Forward Children’s Book on Being Kind by by Frankie B. Rabbit (Author),...
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Children’s Book Review: Pause Power
The key for Gabe is to use his “pause power” when he is upset. By pausing and thinking through his next choice, Gabe is able to make better choices. Basically, the book teaches children to pause before acting out on anger and to take deep breaths or count. It falls short of teaching children to trust God and to avoid sin for the sake of righteousness, so it won’t be sufficient for a Christian home, but the ideas presented are not bad, especially the tips for parents to help you teach your child to stay calm.
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