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Act Like Men
At the end of his first epistle to the Corinthians, Paul writes in verses 13-14, “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men,...

Kent Brandenburg
Jun 26, 20212 min read
Satan Attacks Relationship
A major way that Satan and his organization of fallen angels works, using his world system and targeting fallen carnality of humanity, is...

Kent Brandenburg
Jun 18, 20211 min read
Memorial
A memorial is something established to remind people of a person or event. The Lord’s Table is a memorial. The bread and the cup remind...

Kent Brandenburg
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Purpose Greater Than Life Itself
Is that for which you will live your life actually greater than your life? Your life is short. Sure, it’s 70 to 100 years, more or...

Kent Brandenburg
May 28, 20212 min read
Fellowship With Sister Churches and Their Members
There are several passages in the Bible that teach fellowship between churches. There are enough to know that, first, fellowship did...

Kent Brandenburg
May 21, 20211 min read
"Thy Mother": Mother's Day
The two words “thy mother” are found together four times in the book of Proverbs, which mentions motherhood quite a few times. Proverbs...

Kent Brandenburg
May 15, 20211 min read
Motivation for Work for the Lord through His Church
Many different passages in the Bible in several varied places give motivation to live for God and not for yourself or the world. We’re...

Kent Brandenburg
May 8, 20212 min read
The Church Age
We live in what some have called “the church age.” This is a major theological designation for this era or time. It is also fitting,...

Kent Brandenburg
Apr 30, 20212 min read
Psalm 110 and the Church
Psalm 110 is the most quoted passage in the New Testament. The Apostles obviously thought highly of it. Hebrews may be an exposition of...

Kent Brandenburg
Apr 24, 20212 min read
Apostasy
Some of you reading may not be very familiar with the term, “apostasy.” You might hear me use the term. You may have heard the word,...

Kent Brandenburg
Apr 16, 20211 min read
The Resurrection and Easter
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the pivotal, most essential point of Christianity. Easter could be the celebration of it, but not...

Kent Brandenburg
Apr 9, 20211 min read
God's Grace Is Sufficient
God is not still speaking. He speaks through the completed Word of God. However, He did speak through the apostles, and the Apostle...

Kent Brandenburg
Mar 26, 20211 min read
Endurance
Last week I wrote about faithfulness. Closely related to that character quality is endurance or perseverance. To be faithful, you can’t...

Kent Brandenburg
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Faithfulness
A crucial concept in scripture is “faithfulness.” It starts with the faithfulness of God. God is faithful to us. He never stops...

Kent Brandenburg
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Minimum Objectives
Love for the Lord Jesus Christ can show up in numbers of different ways. It could take up every moment of every day. You could never...

Kent Brandenburg
Mar 6, 20211 min read
First What or How, not Why
How do things go wrong? People very often like to emphasize the “why” they go wrong. I asked, How? Maybe people have a reason why it’s...

Kent Brandenburg
Feb 27, 20212 min read
What Holds a Church Together
What holds a church together into a cohesive unit? It is the truth. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth (John 14:17, 15:26, 16:13). ...

Kent Brandenburg
Feb 20, 20212 min read
Did God Tell You?
The Bible has been confirmed. It is God’s Word. A voice in the head or an impression that someone calls, “God told me,” is not...

Kent Brandenburg
Feb 12, 20212 min read
A Church Growing in Numbers
How will Jackson County Baptist Church grow in numbers, what is termed, be built up? The main goal for church growth is evangelism. ...

Kent Brandenburg
Feb 6, 20211 min read
Position and Practice
There are two ways that any one of us stand before God. We stand before Him positionally and we stand before Him practically. A good...

Kent Brandenburg
Jan 30, 20211 min read
