Happy Father’s Day!

Although men and women express their love differently, their love and the expression of it is of no less importance to the family structure and to the health of our culture.   The bible reminds us, “and now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13) ...

I love these lyrics and song by Michael W. Smith - “The wind is moving but I am standing still.   A life of pages waiting to be filled.   A heart that’s hopeful, a head that’s full of dreams, but this becoming is harder than it seems…feels like, I’m looking for a reason, roaming through the night to find...

“Ok, you hide, then I will count from 1 to 10 and shout, ’ready or not, hear I come’ -then I will come and try to find you!”   I am sure you played “hide and seek” when you were little?!   The goal was obviously not to be found if you were the one hiding.   Kids games are fun.   Regardless...

“The Comfort of Christ’s return”

As Christ followers, we need a persevering hope!   A hope that sees beyond the headlines of the news, a hope that endures the trials of life, a hope that looks beyond our own shortcoming - Jesus brought that kind of hope!   It is not based on feelings, emotions or fears but on every...

We live in unprecedented times.   We live in a culture that is calling “right” to be “wrong” and calling “wrong” to be “right” or as proverbs would say, “every way of a man is right in his own eyes” (21:2).

These times we live in are uncertain in every aspect of life.   Are we...

The very core of the Christian faith is that “…Christ died for our sins…He was buried…He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures…  

(cf. 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11).

The gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ is that He not only died for our sins but that He rose again, is mankind’s only hope...

“Rejoice always” - 1 Thessalonians 5:16

Really?!   Always?!   As I pen this pastor’s desk I don’t feel much like rejoicing, praying yes, rejoicing no!   One of my grandchildren, Rosyln Clair (Rozzi) is going through some physical issues as I write (she will be 4 in April).   I don’t want to...

I love that old hymn, The church’s Jubilee, by Charles Naylor - “ The bible is our rule of faith and Christ alone is Lord!”   If we are not sitting under the consistent preaching of God’s word, if we are not sitting consistently under the word for ourselves, we cannot make such claims.  

God’s word is to...

Life can be stressful at times.   Life sometimes feels likes its beating us down for a variety of reasons.   Our life gets so busy at times that it seems impossible to take care of our “to do” list.   We can get so busy that we become a slave to our “busyness.”   This busyness may not be in of itself...

The bible says, “as many as received Him (Jesus), to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.”

(John 1:12)

What stands in your way to following Jesus?   The bible speaks of a terrible place called “hell” and of a wonderful place called “heaven.”   We all...