Pastor’s Blog
NASA
Most people know what NASA stands for. It's an acronym for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In recent years I've come to learn that there are people who are completely convinced that the NASA along with the US faked the moon landings. "We never went...
IMMANUEL: In the Midst of Us
God didn't create man to be a trophy on His cosmic shelf. He created man for fellowship. He wants to be intimately connected with you! That's what God said to Moses in Exodus 25:8. "Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." And it wasn't just an...
ALL POWER – … burn steel at 700°
POWER! It's an amazing thing! Jesus said, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth" Mat 28:18. All power!? Is that really true? When we can't see or sense the power of God it is easy to be tempted to believe that it really isn't there. Perhaps it's just...
THE ELECTION
At this moment (Thursday, Nov 5) the election is tending toward Biden but still could end up Trump. Lots of people are on pins and needles awaiting the outcome. Riots have already started in Portland, Denver, and New York. But for the true Christian, this does not...
SABBATHREST
Paul told the Hebrew people, "There remaineth therefore a (Sabbath) rest to the people of God." In today's religious culture the day Jesus said He was Lord of (Mat 12:8; Mar 2:28; Luk 6:5) has been replaced with a Sunday rest, an institution made by man thus...
GRACE –
In Grace + and Grace + II we learned that grace is the free unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. Indeed, every blessing, from love to law, from repentance to rest, from truth to trust, from health to hope,...
GRACE + II
For the past two weeks for FIRST LIGHT (at 7:00 a.m. Sun, Tue, & Thur.) and AT REST (Mon, and Fri. at 7;00 p.m.) we've been going through every relevant text on grace. We've been digging deep and for that reason it seems a little anticlimactic to preach on grace...
New Chapter for Prayer Meeting – Powerful Insight from Thomas Tillam (1675)
I've been asked by the Nominating Sub Committee to be the leader for prayer meeting and have acquiesced to their request. I want to publicly thank Sean for leading out for the past few years and wish him and his dear wife God's richest blessings as they move over to...
GRACE +
Most of us don't seem to KNOW what GRACE truly is. After going through every verse on grace in the Bible and reading the book Amazing Grace I'm realizing I don't either. But I'm learning, and from that learning comes my sermon, GRACE + where we are digging deeper...
I MET GOD – The Journey and the Destination
The Bible is full of stories of people who met God, who had a personal encounter with Divinity. When God does show up He more often than not asks those He’s talking with to do something beyond themselves. Take Noah for example. Noah met God and He told Noah to take...