by afladmin | Jun 10, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The above passage is one of the servant songs in Isaiah that describe the coming messiah. What I find interesting, and helpful, is how he is described as two things: one who speaks as one who has been taught, and one who is able to...
by afladmin | Jun 10, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Justice is somewhat of a wax nose in our culture. Everybody is for it, but we can’t seem to agree on what it is. Pro-life people rightly see the protection of the fatherless and the widow—in our day the unborn and their mothers—as an...
by afladmin | Jun 10, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The confession we will recite this Sunday goes as follows: “We confess that we have sinned against you, in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We...
by afladmin | Jun 10, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn The beauty of the Gospel is perhaps nowhere more stunning than in these verses. To a rebellious, sin-weary nation, the Lord doesn’t just promise salvation. He asks for her hand in marriage. More often than not, abortion follows...
by afladmin | Jun 9, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn There are many reasons that some pastors do not speak about abortion from the pulpit. Some of us are not convinced of the evil of abortion, particularly in its effect upon women. Some of us do not want to drive people away. Some of...