I was listening to Dr. John Phillips this morning and he quoted a poem from Robert Laidlaw’s booklet “The Reason Why” to press the urgency of the gospel call: “Tomorrow,” he promised his conscience, Tomorrow I mean to believe, Tomorrow I’ll think as I ought to, Tomorrow the Saviour receive. Tomorrow I’ll conquer those habits…
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While preaching at the jail yesterday on Romans 10:13, I talked about the night I called upon the Lord. It was not a speech or a sonnet or a sermon. I just cried out to God from the depths of my being. While preaching, God brought that moment back to my heart so fresh and…
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Learned something interesting today. Titus Coan was a Missionary to the sandwich islands arriving there in 1835. He was at the center of a powerful awakening on the island where 13000 of the 16000 inhabitants we’re converted to Christ. In 1881, Coan suffered a stroke which rendered him bedridden for the last eight weeks of…
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It never ceases to amaze me the constant number of firsts I have in the ministry. Yesterday at the Catoosa County jail, during the ladies’ service I experienced a first in my 16 years gospel ministry. While the whole congregation was standing to sing “Love Lifted Me” I noticed a disturbance on the front row….
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The past few weeks have been unsettling. Ministry decisions have been made and directions have been taken that have had what might be considered negative consequences. And I have wondered if I have messed up future opportunities to preach at different churches. One can easily fall prey to a ministry mindset that to be used…
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I was listening to the 99% Invisible podcast this morning. The episode was entitled “The Great Dismal Swamp” was about a huge swamp on the boarder between Virginia and North Carolina where for over a 100 years escaped slaves lived in hiding. It was a fascinating story. But at the end, the host played an…
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On July 16 of this year, two Chattanooga military locations were attacked by a lone gunman named Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez. Five American service men along with were gunned down during the attack. Also Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez was also killed. This attack shocked all of us. I remember driving back home from a meeting in Alabama…
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A few years ago, I was working at a location near a great running trail. It wrapped around a local high school then went on into some scenic fields. On one side of the raised trail was a creek and on the other side was a large pond. I ran there during my lunch break…
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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Bumper Sticker Frustration: Four Reasons I am not a “COEXIST”er I got this question from a preacher friend the other day: Brother, I was talking to someone at church last night about the coexist bumper sticker. I was planning to use it as a sermon illustration about how we are constantly pounded with the idea to compromise. He warned…
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Ronnie Brown is a Bible preacher, and ministry laborer with a burden for local churches, county jails, rescue missions, and addiction recovery. To learn more about his ministry, visit the Preaching / Teaching Ministry page.
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