Tag Archives: Pastor Mike

Living Without Fear During The Pandemic

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch Are you living in fear these days during the shutdown of the Country and with it the economy?  Do you fear contracting the Coronavirus?  Do you fear falling into poverty with loss?  Do you fear the Government taking

Be Resurrected!

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch It’s RESURRECTION SUNDAY!  We call it Easter of course, but it’s Resurrection Sunday to me, and it is about LIFE!  Jesus was crucified on a Friday and rose to life on Sunday morning almost 2000 years ago.

Iced Tea and the Church

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch Here in the South it seems everybody likes a glass of iced tea!  Some like it sweet, while others prefer it unsweetened, but it’s a favorite! Let’s say you’re at my house and I ask if

Praying The Lord’s Prayer

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch Have you pondered or studied the Lord’s Prayer lately?  When Jesus was asked to teach His disciples to pray, He gave them the perfect model when He gave them the Lord’s Prayer. It’s timeless, and our prayers

Drawing Near To God

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch I’m always amazed when someone states that God is a mysterious Being to them. That He is far off and elusive. That He doesn’t speak to man anymore. That man can’t understand or know God.

Is The Coronavirus God’s Judgement?

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch My my, there certainly are a lot of opinions being offered up out there on social media, newscasts, YouTube, blogs, etc. on whether God has sent the Coronavirus as His judgement on the earth for

A Conversation With An Atheist

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch  Time to revisit a conversation from a few years ago….. Pastor Mike:  So, you don’t believe in God? Atheist Friend:  Nope! Pastor Mike:  Do you believe in Aliens from outer space? Atheist Friend:  Well, yes.  PM:

Christians As Prey Of The Enemy

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch I have written of this subject in a post on Facebook, but never in a column, so let’s examine the subject here just this once, and we’ll rely on your ability to imagine the animals

Are We Like Jonah?

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch In the book of Jonah, we are permitted a look deep into the heart of a man.  Jonah was a good man.  He was a godly man with a personal in-depth relationship with God. He was

Does God Hate The Wicked ?

Southaven, Ms By: Mike Upchurch We live in a world that seems to be filled with vile and wicked people. There are so many in the Media who are consumed with hatred for President Trump and his supporters. Many of