There is a gravestone in a New York City cemetery with no name, no date of birth or death, only one word is engraved on the headstone - “Forgiven”  Probably the most powerful, healing word in the human language!  Forgiveness...

Jehovah-Rapha is the name of our Lord for “The one who heals.”  James Garlow said, “When I reflect the likeness of God’s Son, I am a carrier of healing.”  I doubt most of us view our lives as...

“Thank You!”  to our Veterans - past, present and future.  We pause to remember and honor our men and women who have served and are serving to keep our Country free.  We enjoy our freedom of religion today because so many have given the ultimate sacrifice - their lives.  We should all honor and respect our Veterans.  As much as I like sports, the players...

On behalf of Becky and myself - “Thank You!” to the church of God that is in Brooklyn for the pastor’s appreciation gift and for all your kind and gracious words of encouragement.  The work of the ministry takes all of...

Jesus said, “…follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.”  God by His grace has called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light for a purpose!  His greatest desire is that you and I will spend an eternity in heaven with Him and that in this journey we influence as many as we can to go with us - hence “fishers of men.”   And just as with fishermen there is preparation, there is preparation for us as well.  Part of this preparation is dealing with...

“Follow Me”, words from Jesus.  This call was not just to the original twelve disciples, but for all people that answer the call of salvation - past, present and future!  What an honor to know that Jesus Himself has called us and chosen us - “You did not choose me, but I chose you…” (cf. John 15:16)

What an honor and privilege too - to “be called children of God.” 

(cf. 1 John 3:1)   With honor and privilege comes responsibility.  Jesus says to follow Him.  What does that look like to follow Him?....

“Looking Unto Jesus”   For many years I aspired to be a world class runner.  I did all the research, read all the books and applied the training.  I was disciplined in my training, diet, sleep and habits.  I looked to many of the great runners of my time as inspiration: Steve Prefontaine (Oregon); Bob Kennedy (Indiana); Bill Rogers (Boston), to name just a few.  Although I set many...

The Brooklyn Church of God is celebrating (“Homecoming”) 52 years of life and ministry this Sunday, October 4th, 2015!   I am thankful for ALL those who have sacrificially given of their time, talent and money to the ministry here - past, present and future!   As pastor, I recognize that although I am entering into others labour (cf. John 4: 38), I must continue to build upon that one foundation - Jesus Christ.  I, like Paul, claim...

I believe we would all agree that life can be challenging and difficult at times. You might even say, “Life is not fair!”  And you would be right.  No one knew (other than Jesus) that more than...

As Christ followers we are commanded to love God and love others (cf. Deuteronomy 6: 4-6; Matthew 22: 36-40).  Jesus said in the gospel of John, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep my word.” (cf. John 14:23)  Jesus said  the world will know that you are my disciples, “if you love one another” (cf. John 13:35).   Jesus even told us to “love our enemies.” (cf. Matthew 5:44) This raises the question, “can we....