Month: May 2011

  • What’s in your hand Moses?

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    Exodus 4:2  And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. Moses had been working the flocks of Jethro for forty years. He was familiar with the staff. The shepherd’s staff was a general all purpose tool in his profession. It could be used as a weapon,…

  • House Mouse and the Classical Guitar

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    I was in the kitchen this morning practicing my latest guitar creation. Wish I could figure out why I only write guitar music that I can barely play. Anyway, that’s a topic for a different time. On to our point for today. We have a few house mice that are thankfully thinning out. I heard…

  • Why this preacher promotes poetry

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    Originally printed in the Lookout Valley Informer This is the sixth year that I have sponsored a Christian poetry contest. Every year I answer the same question – “Why is a preacher sponsoring a poetry contest?” The answer is simple. All art, but poetry especially, is important in the army of God. There are three…

  • Purpose, Process, and Product The three P’s of Gospel Music

    Originally printed in the Lookout Valley Informer I often hear fans talk about Gospel music without any reference to the Word of God. That shouldn’t be. Many Bible verses apply to Gospel music either directly or indirectly. Let me demonstrate by considering just three aspects of Gospel music – purpose, process, and product. Purpose. Gospel…

  • All I know about Apologetics, I learned in the Dojang

    by Donnie Bryson We, as Christian martial artists, often call ourselves warriors for Christ. What do we mean? Do we use soul-winning sidekicks on Tuesday night visitation? Do we demonstrate motivational Hoshinsul when passing the offering plate? No. There are only rare instances where a Christian is permitted to fight. Christians are, by definition, pacifists.…

  • Faith Before Moses

    by Donnie Bryson I. Introduction There is a wide range of opinions regarding premosaic faith. However, opinions seem to fall within three major categories: the Biblical view, the hybrid-Biblical view, and the contrabiblical view. The Biblical view posits that the history of premosaic faith, contained primarily in the books of Genesis and Job, is completely…

  • The Prophet Amos

    by Donnie Bryson The prophet Amos seems the most socially conscious prophet in the old testament. For example, Amos called the pleasure seeking Samaritan women heifers (Hebrew: parah) for standing on the backs of the poor (Amos 4:1). It is, however, a serious mistake to reduce this great man of God to nothing more than…

  • Olen Bryson Funeral

    We come here today to mark the passing of my father, Olen Lovell Bryson, brother of CD Bryson, who are both sons of Ola Ragsdale Bryson and James Buford Bryson, who was the son of Beulah May Bryson and James Fidel Bryson, who was the son of Ruth Mathis Bryson and Lafayette Columbus Bryson, who…

  • Precious Memories

    Originally preached at Union Ave Baptist Church, Rossville GA by Donnie Bryson I heard Precious Memories for the first time right here. I heard it but didn’t understand it. I was just a kid. I thought the song was only nostalgia. I thought it was just old folks longing for the days of their youth.…

  • Gospel Music is S.M.I.L.E. Music

    Originally preached late 2005 at Calvary Assembly of God, East Ridge by Donnie Bryson I love Gospel music. Gospel music is SMILE music. SMILE! S – Gospel music is spritiual. M – Gospel music has the message. I – Gospel music is inclusive. L – Gospel music is loving. E – Gospel music is effective.…