Devotional – Higher Ground

By Keith Buttram, Senior Pastor, Temple Baptist Church, Springdale, AR Read Matthew 6:22-23. It has been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Usually, the phrase refers to looking into someone’s eyes and […]

By Derald Gautier, Senior Pastor, Belmar Baptist Church, Littleton, CO Read Matthew 6:19-21. “We’ve been robbed!” I’ll never forget my wife saying those words. While living in our first house, only a couple of years […]

By Walt Yeomans, Senior Pastor, Chesaning Bible Baptist Church, Chesaning, MI Read Matthew 6:16-18. Someone has said, “Fasting is an exercise in self-denial and self-discipline to abstain from food.”1 It is interesting that in the […]

By Dean Hughes, Senior Pastor, Eastside Baptist Church, Topeka, KS Read Matthew 6:8-15. Feeling drained?  Demotivated?  Discouraged?  Jesus offers us true joy, meaning, and purpose for our lives that we could never discover on our […]

By Cory Cooper, Executive Pastor, Orlando Baptist Church, Orlando, FL Read Matthew 6:5-7. I have three hobbies that I like to do on a regular basis: running, biking, and playing bass guitar. These hobbies help […]

By David Martin, Senior Pastor, Graceway Church, Fort Wayne, IN Read Matthew 6:1-4. There is an expectation for Christ followers to be charitable … to “do good.” We find this concept throughout the Bible, and […]

By Chris Kondracki, Senior Pastor, Southside Baptist Church, Dover, DE Read Matthew 5:43-48. Love better. Do better. Be better. Here, in this portion of the greatest sermon ever preached, Jesus gives us the equation for […]

By Michael Haley, Senior Pastor, Cross Creek Church, Fountain, CO Read Matthew 5:38-42. “No mercy” is a statement you might hear from the Cobra Kai Dojo way back in the original The Karate Kid movie […]

By Gary Jayne, Senior Pastor, Somis Community Church, Somis, CA Read Matthew 5:33-37. We can value our words like pennies or treat them like precious gold. Jesus warns us to be very careful how we […]

By Randy Harp, Director, BBFI Central Office, Springfield, MO Read Matthew 5:31-32. One of the general themes of the Sermon on the Mount is living counter-culturally. Today’s passage is one of extreme when it comes […]