Meditation on Luke 8:15 “As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.” Luke 8:15 This verse is part of Jesus’ parable of the sower. In this parable, he says that whenever the seed of the word of God is sown, one of four things happens. Sometimes the word is sown and the devil comes in and takes it away so that a person may not believe (8:12). Sometimes the [...]

  Peter exhorts pastors to “shepherd the flock of God that is among you” (1 Pet. 5:1-2). The “flock” that God called me to be among are the saints at Preston Highlands Baptist Church and it has been an honor to serve among them over the last ten years. Through the men and women that make up PHBC, the Lord has taught me many things. Here are ten of them: First, God is good and faithful and wise. In his goodness, he’s given me the opportunity to proclaim his [...]