My wife and I served as evangelical, protestant missionaries in France for eleven and a half years, after which I became the pastor and director of a Christian school in a French-speaking evangelical church, L'Eglise Evangelique de Saint Jerome, in Quebec, Canada. After serving in Quebec for five years, we then moved to Greenville, South Carolina, where I became the pastor of the First Evangelical Church of Greenville. In 1995, we moved to Tallahassee, Florida, where I eventually assumed the management of the family business, and remained there until 2012, when our family moved to Meridian, Idaho. My wife and I have six children. These short devotionals are born out of the loss of one of these children in particular, with the hope and prayer that they will serve to encourage and inspire those who read them in their walk with Christ. God bless you all, and may we finish well the race set before us.

Stones Crying Out

“And it came to pass, that, when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” Luke 1:41 Every time that the Spirit of God moves, there is an effect. When it comes to subjects of joy, there is almost the explosion of joy,…

Father Paul To Son Timothy

“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Timothy 1:1-2 It is remarkable, even essential, to point out at the…

The Inseparable Love Of God

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 There is a great hymn,…

Between Christ’s Two Comings

“And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of Me.” Acts 1:4 It was during the ministry of the Lord Jesus, and close to the moment when He would die on Calvary, that He…

The Things Of God And Of Men

“The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will shew them His covenant.” Psalm 25:14 From the beginning of man’s sojourn of this earth, God has, in His mercy and grace, dealt with mankind by the act and intervention of revelation, that revealing of Himself and His ways by His…

Silence Before Almighty God

“Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that  made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” Revelation 14:7 The book of Habakkuk is commentary a on the impending judgment upon Israel, and the Lord’s prophet who not only declares it,…

Abundance And Abounding

“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 In drawing the contrast between Himself, and the evil one, the…

Stirring Up The Gift Of God

“Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.” 1 Timothy 4:14 In Paul’s letter to the believers in Rome, he made a monumental declaration concerning the “gifts and calling” of God, that they were irrevocable. (11:29) What did he…

From This Day Forward

“‘Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee,’ saith the Lord.  ‘And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day and shall be my people.’” Zechariah 2:10,11 From a spiritual standpoint, what is the determining factor between the past and…

True Faith True Surrender

“The fool hath said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.” Psalm 14:1 If there is one theme that resounds loud and clear in the Scriptures, it is that there is a God, one God, the Maker of heaven and earth,…