I had an unexpected visitor come through the doors today. An elderly gentleman walked into my office and said, “I’m not here to take up your time, but I just want you to know something. I want to tell you how much I enjoy the music from your church that I hear every [...]
1 Corinthians 1:10-18
I have never seen a dirty car on a used-car lot. We all know, of course, that shiny cars eventually collect dust and dirt.. Yet American marketing wisdom insists that every car for sale, no matter how old and battered, be presented at its shiny best. Lift the hood and you’ll probably find [...]
Deep within your heart and mine God is communicating his love to us. Through His Holy Spirit dwelling deep within us, God is telling us what we ought to embrace and what we ought to avoid. This encounter with our loving God deep within us is the core experience of faith. Becoming [...]
Acts 4: 27 – 32
Traditionally this coming Sunday is known as “Low Sunday,” when church attendance hits a yearly all-time low, and the pastor’s energy level is on “empty” after the demands of Lent and Holy Week. In most of our minds, the big event is over. We have celebrated the open tomb, the resurrection, [...]
1. Christ left us an example of the importance of prayer. (Mt. 14:23; Mk. 1:35, Lk. 6:12)
2. The Apostles left us an example of the importance of prayer. (Acts 1:14, 34:1, 4:31, 6:4, 12:5, 13:3, 16:3, 21:5)
3. Prayer is God’s method for obtaining joy. (Jn. 16:24, Acts 16:25)
4. Prayer keeps us spiritually fit and alert. [...]
How can I be pleasing to God? I wonder how many of us actually ask ourselves this question. It is the one and only important question in life. How can I make it so that all my actions are a delight to God?
Have you ever tried to fix a power problem, without shutting off the current? That is the way it is with the Bible, the current of God’s power flows in the book. When we pick up the Bible and read it we can feel the current of God flowing into our lives. The Bible is [...]
“But now God has set the members, each of them, in the body just as He pleased.” 1 Corinthians 12:18 (NKJV)
In our spiritual lives, we are faced with opportunities to claim gifts. These gifts come directly from God, and they are unlike any gifts we’ve ever “opened” before. God presents all of His children with [...]
Joshua 5: 9 -12
The book of Joshua is a book of history and vision. While it gives the history of Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land, it also gives us a glimpse of God’s unfolding revelation for Israel. The underlying theme of this book is found in the character and nature of Joshua as a [...]
1 John 4:1
The central focus of our faith is the belief that God has entered into conversation with us. The challenge is to be open to what God is trying to say to us. That is not always easy because we are bombarded with messages from many sources. Is it the voice of culture [...]
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