by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor The day that Jesus Christ died, darkness settled across the sky, not as a gentle dimming, but as a suffocating shroud that swallowed the light of day. The air was heavy. The ground groaned beneath the...
by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor What if God wasn’t necessarily looking for polished belief, but just sheer honesty in the real and raw human need? In Mark 9, we are privileged to relive the story of a father who stands in a crowd, watching...
by design | Mar 9, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I try to avoid going to the grocery store. What should be a simple task, such as walking in to grab a box of cereal, often turns into a mental tug-of-war. The shelves are lined with endless options:...
by design | Mar 2, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor A master carpenter once said that when you study a finished table, you are not just looking at wood, you are looking at every hand that shaped it. They selected the timber, planed it smooth, and...
by design | Feb 23, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor My guiltiest pleasure is simple: I like some old-school country music. Before you assume the worst, I’m not talking about songs celebrating drunken binges or bad decisions. I’m talking about the golden era....
by design | Feb 9, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor Imagine walking through a quiet, empty city at night. Put yourself there. The streets are familiar, but every shadow seems to move. Every distant sound, a car door slamming, a dog barking that doesn’t...
