South Decatur
Baptist Church

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...

Salvation comes by grace alone through faith alone and not by works. Because salvation by faith is not a work, then faith is a gift. ...

Our study in Genesis on Sunday night has us in chapter two, and we looked at verse nine: “And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow...

Scripture teaches salvation by grace alone through faith alone. Through His death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus did everything...

Scripture contains dreams. You reading, I imagine, had and have them yourselves. In the Bible, sometimes those dreams really are...

The book of Proverbs centers on a particular theme, which Solomon characterizes as a foundational reality every person at the very start,...

Not at all wishing to be offensive, I believe that our area, this general region, is dispirited or depressed. I make this assessment...

Scripture and philosophy portray two different, opposing and contradicting, explanations for the origin and sustaining of all things: (1)...

Today a word we are hearing very often, one that I never heard as I grew up, is “gaslighting.” People use the term all the time and in a...

Maybe you’ve noticed in the news, one side of the political spectrum, media and politicians, say their opposition is “weird.” It started...

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics parodied the Leonardo DaVinci painting, The Last Supper, using drag queens to represent Jesus...

As much as anything, Satan attacks scripture. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Rom 10:17), and without faith it is impossible to...

The Bible doesn’t command a church business meeting, but principles there do provide the basis. The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians...

Paul said in Acts 17:26: "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined...

I watched the first (and maybe only) Presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump. For one of the candidates,...

Scripture teaches evangelism of children. When I write “evangelism,” some people may have heard the word, but don’t really know what it...