Editor’s note: This is an opinion column. Its views do not necessarily reflect those of The Trussville Tribune. I used to share an acronym in New Testament class so students could reme... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Captain James T. Kirk commanded the Starship Enterprise for many years, and in this role, visited planets all over the universe. When he was ready to return to the comma... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks It happened when the designated youth minister reveled in the adulation of the youth. Maybe he was strikingly handsome, or she could sing like an angel. When the congreg... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I met him in an unusual place in 1995. Chuc was president of the Gerald R. Ford Political Items Collectors, a subsidiary of the American Political Items Collectors (apic... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks The Internet has changed the pastor search process. One Alabama church discovered on another church’s website that their pastor was candidating for a new position. He’d... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks A noted Alabama pastor often has opportunity to speak to younger ministers, and he insists they’ll face three certainties: discouragement, fatigue and criticism. This is... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks The old-fashioned letter has almost disappeared. I remember being taught in grammar school how to write business letters and “friendly” letters. And we Baptist children... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks King Solomon made an interesting observation in the book of Ecclesiastes: “God has put eternity in our hearts” (3:11). What this means is that though we... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks One day Barth, Bonhoeffer, Brunner, Bultmann and Tillich, great theologians all, met the Lord. The Lord asked, “Who did men say that I am?” “Some say you’re Elijah, or J... Read more
Michael J. Brooks My friend Wayne was a pastor in Montgomery. We visited one day, and he was excited to tell me about something he’d recently discovered. “Air Supply is the greatest music I’... Read more
