After preaching for 43 years, I am very glad that there is an emotional component to my salvation and my walk with the Lord. I love that I can have the joy of the Spirit; conversely, I can also grieve the Holy Spirit. My salvation has not just been an academic pursuit of the facts about God and theology. It has been a passion-filled, love-filled, and grace-filled walk with Him. It has had days when raising my hands in praise was easy; but it has also seen days of sorrow, refl

For thirty-seven years, my wife and I were members of Heritage Baptist Church in Woodbridge, Virginia. By the way, they were thirty-seven incredibly blessed years! However, recently my wife and I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where we have joined Graceway Baptist Church. None of that is earth-shattering news; but we found it significant because, for the first time, we had to put into practice what we had preached to so many for so long. Our experience in church had alwa