Pastor Gabe's Articles

A lawyer asked Jesus a question to test Him: “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. A second is like it: […]

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says, “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!” Two decades ago, I was employed in Christian radio with […]

The following is a loose transcript of a response given on the WWUTT podcast, episode 2225, answering a question about an apology recently given by J.D. Greear, pastor of the Summit Church in Durham, NC, and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. You can listen to the episode by clicking here. Dear Pastor Gabe […]

In Daniel 2:20-22, we read that it is God who “changes times and seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him.” This is […]

In Acts 20:28-31, the Apostle Paul said in his farewell address to the elders in Ephesus, “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which He obtained with His own blood. For I know that after my […]

This is an article I’m going to do in two parts. I have some thoughts I’m going to publish at the start of the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, and then once we know the outcome of the convention and the hot-button issues, I’ll make some post-convention remarks. I am not at the […]

The comments I’ve been making on social media about Roman Catholicism have attracted the attention of some higher profile Roman Catholics, including former White House speech writer Joshua Charles, pro-life advocate Abby Johnson, and Catholic Answers, “the world’s largest database of answers about the beliefs and practices of the Catholic faith.” Last week, on May […]

In Matthew 1:18-24, we read, “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, […]

The Apostle Paul said to the church in Corinth, “Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed as good news to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, […]

“Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on many waters, they have seen the works of Yahweh, and His wondrous deeds in the deep… They went down to the depths; their soul melted away in the calamity. They staggered and swayed like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was […]