Married to Crystal. Father to H.B. III, Natalie, & Hailey. Pastor of Shiloh Church. Author of It Happens After Prayer, On Preaching, On Pastoring, & On Worship
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It was my joy, honor, and privilege to fill the pulpit at the Grace Community Church on this particular Sunday. Please cover the MacArthur family and Grace Church in believing prayer.
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Call racism by its name. Decry its evil. Stand firm in truth and love. Trust the power of the cross to change hearts.
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Preacher, it is okay if you are not hip, cool, or smooth. You are a herald of the gospel, not the manager of a brand. Who cares if they are not impressed with you? Your job is to point them to Jesus!
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We met at Los Angeles High School in 1990. We married in 1998. Today, we have been married for twenty-four years. Time flies when you’re having fun! Blessed beyond measure to do life, family, and ministry with CC! Happy Anniversary, Sunshine! I love you!
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Steve Gaines preached the gospel tonight! My daughter Hailey trusted the Lord Jesus Christ tonight! Praise the Lord! @bellevuepastor
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Voddie Baucham was indirectly responsible for me becoming the pastor of the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. When Shiloh was without a pastor, Mac Brunson gave church leaders free passes to his JAX Pastors Conference at First Baptist Church. The men heard Voddie Baucham there, and some were convinced he should be their next pastor. He even filled the pulpit at Shiloh one Sunday.
After it was clear that would not be their pastor, Baucham was asked to recommend men to consider. The Shiloh leaders preached through most of the list he provided. One name on that list refused their invitation to preach, and told them the guy they were looking for was in Los Angeles. After hearing several sermons on my church website, they invited me to preach. The congregation selected me to be their next pastor three months later.
When I met Voddie, I asked him to confirm or deny an urban legend I had heard. He confirmed that he had written the Shiloh Church leaders a letter entitled “10 Reasons Why You Don’t Want Voddie Baucham to Be Your Pastor.” In that letter, he listed the things he would change in the congregation that did not line up with his biblical convictions.
That story reflects how bold, courageous, and determined Voddie Baucham was about the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Yet, what comes to mind as I think of Voddie is sitting on the second row at a conference listening to him preach. As he proclaimed the gospel, his eyes filled with tears that began to run down his cheeks. I had not seem a man weep as he preached since I was a child, listening to my father. That’s what a preacher should be - a bold voice with a tender heart.
As Voddie Baucham has moved upstairs to his final reward in glory, he leaves behind a Christ-honoring life and legacy. Faithful husband. Loving father. Church planter. Expository preacher. Theological educator. Prolific author. Christian apologist. Gospel champion. Thank God for Voddie Baucham Jr.
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Charles Stanley has moved upstairs from earthly labor to heavenly reward. As a young Christian, I read his books and listened to his sermons with great spiritual benefit. Thankful for his life and ministry.
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I don't need fifteen hours to prepare a sermon. I can prepare a sermon in half an hour. I need fifteen hours to understand the text with clarity. It's hard to get to the point of clarity. You have to be driven to understand it. But, if you step into the pulpit with a substantially clear grasp of the biblical concept, it has a profound effect on how you preach. - John MacArthur Jr.
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I’m delighted to announce my prayerful intention to nominate @albertmohler as our next SBC president when we gather together in Orlando in June 2020 for our annual meeting. (1/4)
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Split my pants before service. No change of clothes. No time to go home. Stapled pants. Paints held together as I preached hard. The Lord is a keeper! LOL
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Met in high school. Chased her for years. Said “I Do” 25 years ago today. 3 children, 2 congregations, and a move across the country later, I still do! Thankful to have spent my life with Crystal. Count me in for whatever the days bring! I love you, Sunshine! Happy anniversary!
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I don't remember 99% of the meals I've eaten, but they've kept me alive. God uses faithful, forgettable sermons to beautify his bride. - Matt Smethurst
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Emotional to preach SBC after resolution vote condemning Alt-Right racism. God is faithful. Thanks for your prayers
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Preach in such a way that requires the hearers to keep their Bibles open to follow the message.
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Remember - the purpose of a Bible reading plan is not to keep you on schedule but to keep you in the Word. If you miss a meal, it’s foolish to give up eating. - Keith Plummer
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Hey, preacher! If you have an idea about that biblical text that no one else has seen in two thousand years of church history, that doesn’t mean you’re deep. It means you’re wrong!
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What a man preaches is always more important than how he preaches. Focus on the soundness of his content so you will not be seduced by the smoothness of his style.
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A biblical sermon doesn’t start with a topic, it starts with a text. And you don’t make a sermon more biblical by stacking up dozens of scripture references on top of a topic. You make it more biblical by going deeper into a single text. - Barry McCarty
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At this point, I prefer to quote dead preachers. Living preachers seem to change their minds too much these days.
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Preaching in Dallas. The Boy came to hear me tonight. Then he treated his Old Man to Waffle House!
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It was bitter-sweet to leave Tuscaloosa without my Natalie Marie. Please pray for my daughter as she begins her first semester at the University of Alabama.
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The more your mind is renewed by biblical truth the less satisfied you will be with singing superficial music in worship.
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I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests his power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a technique, in anything and everything except where God has placed it: His Word. - R.C. Sproul
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Grateful to be nominated by Ken Whitten & elected 2018 SBC Pastors' Conference President! To God be the glory!
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Your sermon should not use a biblical text. The biblical text should use your sermon.
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Of all churches identified in the New Testament, not one of them is identified by numerical size. Health, faithfulness, unity, yes. Size? No. Not a single one. Focus on what is primary and trust God for size. - Mark Tolbert
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Churches open and close. Preachers live and die. Conferences come and go. Ministries rise and fall. Christ remains the same yesterday, today, and forever. - Dustin Benge
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No amount of activity in the King's service will make up for neglect of the King Himself. - Robert Murray M'Cheyne.
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It was a joy, honor, and privilege to serve this week at the 2025 Shepherds Conference at the Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California.
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Talented people can build a crowd, but only the Holy Spirit can build a church. - Shane Pruitt
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Today is H.B. Charles III’s 24th birthday! He is my only begotten son in whom I am well pleased! Happy Birthday 3-Boy! I love you!!!
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Biblical preaching is spiritual warfare. The pulpit is a battleground for battle, not a platform for performing.
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I am convinced that congregations learn more theology (good and bad) from the songs they sing than from the sermons they hear. - Warren Wiersbe
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A miracle occurred at Shiloh Church today. I preached a sermon from twenty-two verses (Psalm 34), and we got out of church before Monday! God is able!!
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One of the best gifts a congregation can give its pastor is uninterrupted time to read, think, and pray. One of the best gifts a pastor can give his congregation is to use that given time wisely.
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Around the world, people are dying, because they believe in Jesus. In the U.S., people stop believing in Jesus, because their feelings get hurt. - Shane Pruitt
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Theatrics in the pulpit betray the preacher’s lack of confidence in the sufficiency of scripture.
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If Jesus came into our home tonight and said, “I am going to answer every prayer you prayed last week.” How many souls would come to know Christ because of our prayers? - David Pollack
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A new Sermon Skeleton template I designed to work through the purpose and structure of my sermon. Crafting a sermon skeleton is my bridge step between doing Word work and writing the sermon manuscript.
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Today, I finally finished preaching through the Mark. I started the series years ago but pulled away during the pandemic. I plodded through the last year or so, preaching 87 message in Mark (No, I did not preach Mark 16:9-20). These are the majority of the commentaries I read in preparation for each message. Grateful for the privilege to preach the word. Grateful for a church where preaching is in season. Grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Soli Deo Gloria!
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If I please Jesus, it doesn’t matter whom I displease. If I displease Jesus, it really doesn’t matter whom I please. - Adrian Rogers
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Sermon preparation is spiritual warfare. Pray for your pastor. Pray for the message. Pray for Sunday.
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Celebrating 15 years of service at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville. Time flies! #CharlesGang23
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When the church is mainly watered down to having good experiences, then we can’t be surprised when people walk away once they have a bad one. - Shane Pruitt
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I loved her when we married on December 12, 1998. I love her more twenty-one years later. Happy Anniversary, Sunshine!!!
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