11/1/2024-Family Resemblance
Open in New Tab Here Family Resemblance 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. KJV
10/25/2024
Open in New Tab Here Romans 8:38-39-English Standard Version 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from
10/18/2024-The Power of Twelve
Open in New Tab Here The Power of Twelve … he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles. Luke 6:13b The Missions Conference this week has been a wonderful blessing of daily worship in communion with our local and global Christian brothers and sisters. Holly and
10/11/2024
Open in New Tab Here We all have moments when our strength is challenged by some unforeseen event in our lives. We have all been there. It’s strange how quickly we forget our standing before God. We lose sight of our place on the solid rock of all the promises
10/4/2024 – A Good Night’s Sleep
Open in New Tab Here A Good Night’s Sleep Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. KJV I was newly married and still a student. While it was true of me that I had not
09/20/2024
Open in New Tab Here One of my jobs in the Air Force was driving high-ranking officers from my base to Sacramento Metro Airport about 45 minutes away. On one early morning run, an officer I was driving showed me a shortcut to the airport. After I dropped him off,
9/13/2024 – Winning the Exchange
Open in New Tab Here Winning the Exchange “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation.” Hebrews 11: 1,2, I received a note from a grandson this week relating a litany of world
9/6/2024
Open in New Tab Here The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 I was in Salt Lake City for a couple of days this week for work and as I was
8/31/2024 – Behold the Man
Open in New Tab Here Behold the Man A bible program I often use opens with Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening entry for the day. The evening entry for July 22 titled, Behold the Man, opened with this striking statement: If there be one place where our Lord Jesus most fully
8/23/24
Open in New Tab Here 1 Peter 3:15-16 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so
8/16/2024 – Darwin and I at the Ophthalmologist
Open in New Tab Here Darwin and I at the Ophthalmologist For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. Rom. 1:20 Sometimes, as I permit
8/02/2024
Open in New Tab Here For a long time now I have been fascinated with the many questions found in the book of Job. Because of this, I have determined to consider these questions one by one as I have the opportunity to write the weekly pastoral encouragement in the months and years
7/26/2024-For the Sake of Your Goodness, O Lord!
Open in New Tab Here For the Sake of Your Goodness, O Lord! I didn’t know much about Ranger School before my son Simeon joined the Army. But because he is now on his second attempt to complete the program, I understand much more now. As of today, he will
7/19/2024 – Making Sense of it All
Open in New Tab Here Making Sense of it All My Grandson Wesley wrote the following to me on Wednesday: “Nampa, The world seems ablaze now more than ever after the Trump assassination attempt. I’ve been disheartened by all of it. Even in casual conversation, coworkers and acquaintances mention wishing
7/12/2024
Open in New Tab Here He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Ps. 147:4 ESV The concert between science and Scripture always brings me joy. For example, the book of Job has several detailed statements of such scientific accuracy that they bear
7/3/2024
Open in New Tab Here Tomorrow is the 4th of July and Americans across the globe will be unfurling their flags and rolling out their grills. We gather together to celebrate the victory of a provincial gaggle of conflicted colonies over the dominant world power of the 18th and 19th
6/28/2024 – Running the Race
Open in New Tab Here Running the Race “…let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…” Heb. 12: 1 I have been having breakfast with Christian brothers one day per week since my retirement about 25 years ago. The cast of diners has changed over time.
6/24/2024
Open in New Tab Here “You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter” Psalm 74:17 Are you enjoying your first days of summer? The warm, long-lit days to feel the heat and take in their delights. Every winter and early spring while still
6/14/2024
Open in New Tab Here “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 My 3rd oldest daughter Emma graduated last week and on Sunday I have the privilege of leading Berean’s annual baby dedication. Naturally, I’m reflecting on just how fast 18
6/7/2024 – The Priest with Dirty Clothes
Open in New Tab Here The Priest with Dirty Clothes Have you ever accidentally picked up a stick or log by an old fire only to realize that it had turned to charcoal? Ugh! Unless you drop everything and thoroughly clean your hands, you will stain everything you touch. Removing
2/13/2026 – The Eternal Weight of Glory
Open in New Tab Here The Eternal Weight of Glory (thoughts from 2 Corinthians Ch 4) Life can be terribly weighty sometimes, can’t it? Whether it is the weight of sin, the struggle of ministry, fighting a cancer diagnosis, wrestling with disobedient children, or just waiting for an answer that
10/11/2025
Open in New Tab Here In our Sunday School class, we are in the middle of a few-week series on answering some of life’s big existential questions with a goal of engaging the lost with gospel hope. Grouped into five “big questions” we see scripture reveal Christ as the answer
10/3/2025 – Playing All Four Quarters
Open in New Tab Here “Playing All Four Quarters” “Alright team, let’s bring it in.” You know, when you watch the Detroit Lions, one thing’s clear: you can’t win a game by playing just one good quarter. You have to play all four quarters. And that’s true in our walk
9/19/2025 – How Would You Like Your Change?
Open in New Tab Here How Would You Like Your Change? Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
9/12/2025
Open in New Tab Here Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2 “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking? 3 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. 4 Your words have upheld him who
8/22/2025 – Trying to Find the Words
Open in New Tab Here 9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— I Cor. 2:9 In 1962, The World’s Fair came to Seattle. It was such a big deal that even
8/15/2025 – If We Loved Like Jesus
Open in New Tab Here The song, I Can Only Imagine, invites us to picture the day when we stand face-to-face with Jesus, surrounded by His perfect love, free from sin, pain, and division. But what if we didn’t have to wait for heaven to taste that love? What if
8/1/2025
Open in New Tab Here 11 “Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire? 12 Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?……. Job 3:11-12 16 Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the
7/25/2025 – Traveling Light
Open in New Tab Here Traveling Light 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. Genesis 13:18 KJV Next month, Jackie and I will have been married 65 years. We are both closer now to
7/19/2025
Open in New Tab Here And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the
