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The Southern Baptist Convention’s Conservative Resurgence produced more than a few controversial lines, perhaps none more so than Adrian Rogers’ “pickles have souls.” In 1987, while serving as SBC president, Rogers quipped, “If Southern Baptists believe that pickles have souls, then the Southern Baptist seminary professors must teach that.” What Rogers meant as hyperbole, moderates Read more

“We will Dwell in Him” by C. H. Spurgeon (Morning and Evening, May 6, Morning) “By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.” (I John 4:13 ESV) Do you want a house for your soul? Do you ask, “What is the purchase?” Read more

“I will be their God and they shall be my People” by C. H. Spurgeon (Morning and Evening, May 5, Morning) “What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, ‘I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I Read more

Though for years I’ve been trying, I’m now resigned to the fact I’ll never forget my first sermon. It was the summer of 1996, and I had been invited to preach at a women’s halfway house. I spent the week frantically trying to create a sermon. Having no assistance from others, and even less expertise, Read more

“They All Died in Faith” by C. H. Spurgeon (Morning and Evening, May 2, Evening) “These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.” (Hebrews 11:13 ESV) Behold the epitaph of all Read more