Zach Byrd > Recent Status Updates

“As it was His last words when He left them, so it is the first word that now He useth when He seeth them again. But, O Lord, we have sinned greatly since we saw Thee. Be it so, yet “peace be unto you." But, O Lord, here is Peter among us, that hath denied Thee since Thou sawest us. Be it so, I know it very well, yet "Peace be unto." Peace when He went away, and peace when He came again; this is his language.”

“The bond between the pastor and the local church was a sacred one- almost like marriage- that should not be broken except with clear divine guidance… ‘Because such a bond and obligation is a kind of marriage, as the ancients have observed, it is a thing very unseemly and inappropriate that one who is married with one party should think of another or even be involved with another.’”

A needed message today.

I’ve yet to read a sermon without being edified greatly.

“During a brief visit to France in the summer of 1572, Simon Goulart had been caught in the maelstrom of St. Bartholomew's Day and only narrowly escaped with his life. Back in Geneva, he wrote to a friend: "I have a profound love for my country. Thus, I have decided to stab with my pen those tyrants as long as I live."

An absolute blast - explosive and engaging.

I keep this quote in Raymond’s pulpit:

“Every time we look upon our congregations, let us believingly remember that they are the purchase of Christ's blood, and therefore should be regarded by us with the deepest interest and the most tender affection.”