South Decatur
Baptist Church

Our church is a Baptist church. Is Baptist just a name? Can a church have the name Baptist and not be Baptist? South Decatur Church...

The history of the true church, the one started by Jesus Christ in the Gospels and in the first century, J. M. Carroll called in 1931,...

In his January 20, 2025 inaugural address, the 45th and 47th president of the United States said the following sentence: “With these...

Almighty God created man as recorded in the first and second chapters of Genesis. In Genesis 1 God created man in His image. Our...

The United States this week began the experience of a new president with a radically new philosophy of leadership. Some call it “common...

Tomorrow we see the inauguration of a new leader for our nation, the United States of America. As we think about this occurrence, one...

During a pause from activity in recent days, I thought of a chorus I last heard and sang as a child. I’m not endorsing choruses as a...

Very often the Apostle Paul writes in what some call, “bullet points.” They are instructions either in the imperative, commands, or the...

Understandably, the most popular time in the year to set goals is the very end of the year or the very beginning. The beginning of the...

ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reports on how churches faced with empty pews are fighting to keep their doors open, while former houses of...

We come to Christmas time again as we do every December. It’s colder. Some snow falls. Certain festive events occur. Decorations go up. ...

In the Christmas story, Mary is pregnant with Jesus on a trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem to pay some taxes there in that ancestral town. ...

Several pieces of internal evidence show the truth of the Bible. One is its coherence across different books and authors. The Bible...

Forms of the Greek word eucharisto from which the English word eucharist comes occur thirty-nine times in the New Testament. The word...

Society and pop Christianity corrupts and perverts or twists the idea or concept of worship. Now people get certain pictures of it that...

In Luke 14:5, Jesus asked this question to people who challenged Him regarding Judaism’s practice of the Sabbath: “Which of you shall...

Over the years of pastoring a church, one thought I had, that many pastors do also have, is in essence this: “How do I keep people from...

In Hebrews 11:6, the author of the Book of Hebrews says that without faith it is impossible to please God. We know that pleasing God is...

Almost anyone reading here knows the word “compromise.” It’s not a word in the Bible, but it is a word very often used in theological or...

God has His plan. He is sovereign and He has the power and wisdom to accomplish what He wants. At the same time and within the...