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Gene Brooks comments on Christian news and trends, Southern life, and some humor.
2019-05-30 23:26
Andreas Osiander was a well-known and controversial German Protestant Reformer, and direct ancestor 16 generations hence.Encyclopedia Britannica: "Andreas Osiander, original name Andreas Hos… Read More
2019-04-30 03:07
Just north of Mount Airy, North Carolina, in southwest Virginia, near Hillsville, there is a wonderful retreat designed for missionaries and ordained pastors.Geraldine and Sam Smith host the… Read More
2019-04-29 21:33
There they stood. Aghast. Shocked. Numb. Was this real? Certainly surreal. Her Son was hanging there, treated like a traitorous criminal. It had all happened so fast. The oppressive Rom… Read More
2018-11-21 11:23
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2018-09-15 04:02
At the June 11-13, 1985, Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, a special committee was created to study and determine the sources of controversy and from their conclusions make recommendati… Read More
2018-04-20 12:14
(Wikipedia)A large manufacturing plant came to a town to produce shoes. The corporate management invested great sums of money and many hours among many people to produce the finest shoes pos… Read More
2017-03-23 20:22
With Chief Mulbah Killinpowen and friends, May 2014In 2014, I was at the City of Refuge orphanage in Belimu, Bong County, Liberia. During the course of the week, I met Town Chief Mulbah Kill… Read More
2017-02-09 19:00
Key Message: THE TEMPLE: REBUILD IT! Haggai 1:8, 14; 1 Corinthians 15:58. Get your priorities in line, Haggai says, it is time to “build the house” for God’s pleasure and g… Read More
2017-02-02 19:00
Haggai (12thC A.D.), Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy)Haggai shows us Jesus Christ, Desire of the NationsAuthor: Haggai which means, “My Feast” or “On the Feast.”… Read More
2017-01-26 21:47
Haggai (12thC AD), Saint Mark's Basilica, VeniceWhen we married, my wife and I made some promises to one another. Amanda promised me that she would never make me drive a minivan. Now we driv… Read More
2017-01-20 21:18
Archbishop Robert LeightonI want to introduce you to one of my ancestors, a Scot who served Christ in the United Kingdom all his life, Archbishop Robert Leighton (1611-1684). I am descended… Read More
2016-12-19 19:01
John Chrysostom preaching in Constantinople This year Christmas Day falls on a Sunday. We pray your Christmas is awesome this year. Here is an excerpt from a Christmas morning sermon ab… Read More
2016-11-02 17:00
Isaiah 64:5-7 teaches several things about the nature of sin and the way it affects us. The modern critic says, “How can God judge so brutally? How can he trample men like grapes?… Read More
2016-11-01 18:49
The top 10 posts on this blog of the last month:(BTW - This is the 2000th published post for SITS). 1. Laurens County, SC's most corrupt electionJun 6, 2015 7162. Luke 12:1-12… Read More
2016-10-27 15:50
VOTE on Tuesday, November 8, 2016How to Effectively Cast Your Ballot1. Pray first2. Do your research on the candidatesCheck to see what their platform isConsider their characterExamine… Read More
2016-10-12 19:23
ShamrockThe situation seemed hopeless. No one wanted to go there. It was a land of deep spiritual darkness and strong demonic forces. The high priests of witchcraft actually held more power… Read More
2016-06-14 17:20
DAVID FANNING was North Carolina's most notorious Tory. He lived for a time as an Indian trader on Raeburn's Creek in Laurens County, SC. For his terrible atrocities, Fanning was except… Read More
2016-05-10 11:00
My college friend and my wife's cousin, Bill Heuble wrote the following note to his child's school teacher in Greenville, SC, a few years ago. We share it here with Bill's permission for tod… Read More
2016-03-28 18:07
Excavator Sir Henry Layard imagined Nineveh at its zenithNineveh had been the capital of Assyria for about a hundred years, but it had existed since at least 5000-4000 BC (Genesis 10:11). It… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The Transfiguration Lodovico Carracci 1594 (Wikipedia)(Part of a series on death and the hereafter)Do people have intermediate bodies in the present heaven? God and angels are in e… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
(Part of a series on death and the hereafter)How does the Bibledescribe the New Heaven and New Earth? Despite the fact that no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those wh… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Binkley Chapel at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. (Wikipedia)(Part of a series on death and the hereafter)What will we do in heaven? The Revelatio… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Bush River Church, est. 1771When I was seven years old, Mr. Thomas Daum, the pastor at Bush River Baptist Church, came to see me. I had been asking a lot of questions about the Lord and salv… Read More
2016-03-10 14:36
Liberia coat of arms (Wikipedia)Our March 2016 Liberia mission prayer letter is out. Click here: http://eepurl.com/bTdoyz Read More
2016-02-13 19:50
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2016-02-07 15:25
Jesus teaching in the synagogueJust after the "Temptation of Jesus" passage in Luke 4, there is the tale of two synagogues. The first is Nazareth, found only in Luke, and the second Capernau… Read More
2016-02-07 15:24
David Fanning escapes againDAVID FANNING was North Carolina's most notorious Tory. He lived for a time as an Indian trader on Raeburn's Creek in Laurens County, SC. For his terrible atr… Read More
2016-01-20 14:52
The Byzantine-era synagogue at Capernaum (Photo: Gene Brooks)In our last post, we looked at the first of a tale of two synagogues in Luke 4, the one at Nazareth, which teaches us that anger… Read More
2015-12-28 12:30
2015-12-14 15:58
Church of the Epiphany (inactive during Reconstruction)Our series on Laurens County, SC, during Reconstruction looks at Methodist and Episcopal life during that era.The white Methodists… Read More
2015-12-04 11:30
Brush arbor similar to those used in planting churchesOur series on Laurens County, SC, during Reconstruction explores the work of Rev. June Kennedy and other emerging leaders among bla… Read More
2015-12-03 21:27
"A Negro Camp Meeting in the South" (loc.org)Our series on Laurens County, SC, during Reconstruction continues with the remarkable rise of Baptist churches led by African American… Read More
2015-11-18 15:30
Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church, oldest church in UpstateOur series on Laurens County, SC, during Reconstruction continues with a sketch of Presbyterianism in the county.Because o… Read More
2015-11-17 17:00
Langston Baptist Church, oldest continuousBaptist church in Laurens County, SCOur series on Laurens County, SC, during Reconstruction continues with an introduction to Baptists in… Read More
2015-11-06 17:32
Clinton, SC, Presbyterian Church organized 1855Our series on Laurens County, SC, during Reconstruction continues with the fun that W.P. Jacobs had pastoring his Clinton, SC, Presby… Read More
2015-10-18 15:26
William Plumer JacobsOur series on Laurens County, SC, during Reconstruction continues with an home for War orphans in Clinton.In the midst of Reconstruction Laurens County, SC, Dr… Read More
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