The Reverend Robert E. Baxter is the most noble man of God that I have ever known in my life. He is, now into eight decades of living, a very active preacher and pastor and encourager of the saints. He is the Associate Minister, First Presbyterian Continue Reading
March 21, 2012
On the Occassion of the Baptism of Infants: A Letter to Pastors-to-Be
auntjojo /Free PhotosMy dearest students in the pastoral ministry and colleagues in the Gospel of His grace: There is no greater joy in the Christian ministry then holding an infant in your arms, slipping your hand into the baptismal font, scooping up Continue Reading
March 12, 2010
Oh My Son!
The cry of the heart of the man of God is not only a cry for a cause, but also a cry of pain and a cry of hope in the midst of pain. And so we read from the Word of God: 2 Samuel 18.33; 2 amuel 23.5; John 16.33 After the rebellion of his third son Continue Reading
June 11, 2009
Transforming Fatherhood
While listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909, Sonora Louise Smart Dodd was thinking of her father: a Civil War veteran and a farmer, he was also a single dad to 6 children. She began to work to get a day to honor fathers. The Lion’s Club helped to Continue Reading
April 26, 2007 Leave a Comment
Growing a Father
The following pastoral letter appeared five years ago in the weekly bulletin of First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga. As I read it now, I am reminded of the moment in my life. It is like finding an old Polaroid snapshot in a drawer, long forgotten, Continue Reading
