Author: Pastor Tubbs
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Don’t Sulk and Grumble
In life, we often encounter disappointments, difficulties, and moments that test our patience and resilience. Sometimes, those situations can be serious, and shedding some tears or getting frustrated is understandable. […]
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What Part of “Thou Shalt Not Kill” Do We Not Understand?
Let me start by making a statement that shouldn’t be controversial (but, sadly, is): Life is precious and murder is wrong. It’s both astonishing and depressing that many people today […]
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Are You Content?
In his first letter to Timothy, Paul declares: “But godliness with contentment is great gain” (1 Timothy 6:6, KJV). Don’t dismiss this as a mere pithy saying. Paul is laying […]
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Book Review: Killing The Witches by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard – Disjointed, but Informative
In Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard pull back the curtain of history to showcase the harrowing saga in a colonial-era Massachusetts village […]
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Choose Gratitude Over Grumbling
Thanksgiving is a time to…well…give thanks. Yes, it’s also (for many people) a time to gather with loved ones, eat a lot, play games, and watch football. But the main […]
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Never Forget: Your Church is Your Family
God’s plan and design for the local church is that it be a localized presence of the universal body of Christ. Every true follower of “the Way” (as the Christian […]
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A Word From Paul Regarding Respect
In his letter to the church in Rome, Paul encourages the believers in that imperial city to be “subject” to the governing authorities, explains the purpose of said authorities, and […]
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Sacred Sexuality: 10 Bible Passages That Teach Sexual Morality
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is one of the defining landmarks of the mid-Atlantic coastal region. I’ve traveled across it numerous times. One time, there was some kind of road work […]
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Don’t Be a Post-Bible Christian
There is a growing trend among self-identified Christians to diminish or “deconstruct” the Bible. In some ways, this is nothing new. This tendency raises its ugly head in every generation […]
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Should Churches Pay Their Pastors?
Three years ago, during lockdowns, I published a video on my pastoral YouTube channel about pastors getting paid. I was expecting a little feedback, including possibly some pushback, but wow… […]
