Like several of my books, I imagine that this one will be a "living volume," meaning that I am likely to revise it on a fairly regular basis going forward. Between poems for sermons, funerals, and weddings, and worship songs for church, I tend to write at least eight or ten works or more a year. I also blog on a fairly regular basis, and journal sporadically, adding significantly to the total of original expressions penned. You will find a little of all of these forms here. The works in this book (third edition) cover about four and a half decades, and demonstrate the imagination that God has...

For centuries Baptists and many other evangelicals have used the "altar call" as a means to challenge people to respond the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Billy Graham has used this method to call over 200 million people to the Savior. Yet, today the public invitation is being attacked from many fronts, especially Reformed churches and church leaders who adhere to Calvinism and Hyper-Calvinism. Dr. Greg Tyree takes a pastoral approach, rather than a strictly scholarly one, to defend the thesis that the altar call is not only historically relevant, but is Biblical and appropriate when used ethically...

Communion, or "The Lord's Supper," is one of the most cherished and time-honored practices of the local, New Testament church. But to many Christians, the purpose and meaning of the ordinance is a mystery. Some believe that the "Eucharist" imparts saving grace. Others believe that communion is right of all believers, including the non-baptized. Some rarely if ever participate in the most sacred of rituals. Dr. Greg Tyree, in this fifth volume of the "What the Bible Really Says" series, sets forth a Biblical and practical approach to this second of two church ordinances (the first being...

Greg Tyree has thoughtfully, carefully, and vigorously done just that in this wonderful little book, "What the Bible REALLY Says about Baptism. You will certainly appreciate his candid writing accompanied by his careful style that will lead any thinking Christian who has yet to be baptized to say "What hinders me from being baptized?" Dr. Tyree clearly sets forth the Biblical foundation for the historic doctrine of believer's baptism by immersion. Hours of research and Biblical study have once again paid off for all of us who will read and learn from the truth contained in this book. His...

There is strong historical evidence that Baptists are unique among the non-Catholic faith traditions. Just as Baptists are unique in Church history, what we believe is also distinctive from other denominations. Technically, there is no Baptist "denomination." Denominations are centrally governed, and Baptist churches are autonomous. Even Baptist affiliations, fellowships, and associations, like the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), which says of itself that it is the largest "Protestant denomination," are not truly denominations in the same sense that the Presbyterians, Methodists, and...

With the exception of a few ultra-conservative churches, a handful of websites, and some modestly populated Facebook communities, the "Pre-Trib, "Pre-Mill" view of eschatology has become a peculiar theological pillar on the vast evangelical landscape. While many pastors, especially those over forty, still believe in this brand of theology, very few preach about it. It has almost become an embarrassment for some. In some cases, this is for good reason. Pre-Millennialism has often been presented in the Christian and secular media as a caricature. Slick-haired and gaudily-bejeweled...

From the Foreword...This book, as its title forthrightly asserts, is a manual, a blueprint based on experience as well as scholarship, a how-to book for all who take to heart Christ's Great Commission (Matthew 28:9-20). It is a book about evangelism for all Christians whom the Holy Spirit moves to be evangelists, namely, all Christians. Dr. Gregory Tyree has written a book that is exhaustive in its treatment of "soulwinning." He leaves no aspect of evangelism unexplored and his breadth of learning is matched by his own rich experiences as a pastor of four churches. I happen to know first-hand...

The cross of Christ is the very pinacle of the Christian faith. Without the cross there is no salvation, and without salvation, there is no hope. The world finds the bloodied cross and the mangled flesh of a Savior to be offensive, and even foolish. But its is the stark reality of Christ's suffering that paves the way for the forgiveness of sins and the prospect of eternal life, And yet, as powerful as the crosswork of Christ is, it would be meaningless without the literal resurrection of Jesus. It is His bodily, physical, and literal resurrection that sets Christianity apart from all the...

A collection of 56 original poems about Faith, Family and Life.