7/8/2022 – Embracing Our True Hope in a Hopeless World
Open in New Tab Here Embracing Our True Hope in a Hopeless World Hope is one of the greatest motivators in life. Think of all that is done with the expectation of future good, such as building a house, working on a degree, or raising up children. In contrast, hopelessness
7/1/2022
Open in New Tab Here 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise
6/27/2022
Open in New Tab Here Eccl 9:11 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but
6/3/2022
Open in New Tab Here Dear Bereans, I Peter 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…” I so enjoy
5/27/20222 – God’s Word: Warning and Comfort
Open in New Tab Here God’s Word: Warning and Comfort 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. (KJV) -Ps 10:13 We live in a world where men do not actually mean all that they say. We have come to
5/20/2022 – Browsing Yourself to Apathy
Open in New Tab Here Browsing Yourself to Apathy The older I get, the more I find that much of Christian living comes down to subtle and seemingly benign choices. One of these choices I have been thinking about is the moments of browsing on a smartphone. Since I got
5/13/2022
Open in New Tab Here 10 The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.” 11 But he said to them, “Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given. 12 For
5/6/2022
Open in New Tab Here It is unavoidable that a current trial in one’s life will drive a Christian to seek solace in God via his (gracious) means of communication with us. We are driven to prayer, to the excellent Word, and to counsel and fellowship with trusted brothers and
4/29/2022 – A Change of Plan
Open in New Tab Here A Change of Plan Acts 9:19-20 … Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. 20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. We are told in our verse that Saul has become
4/22/2022 – Purest Love
Open in New Tab Here Purest Love In small group, we have been reading and discussing a book titled, “Delighting in the Trinity” by Michael Reeves. Much of the content of the book centers on the idea that our triune God has always been and will continue loving within the
4/15/2022 – Glory Above Mockery
Open in New Tab Here Glory Above Mockery Jesus Christ was on a mission from the Father of eternal redemption. Nothing was going to distract Him from its completion. There on the cross, a scene took place that has many parallels to dynamics at play today. The gospel is on
4/8/2022 – Profit in Life and Death
Open in New Tab Here Profit in Life and Death Phil 1:21 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (KJV) Many of us have lived long in Christ and have found Him to be in every aspect sweet and pleasant. He is the giver
4/1/2022
Open in New Tab Here “I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” Philippians 1:3-5 Long enduring relationships in the ministry
3/18/2022 – Faith Alive
Open in New Tab Here Faith Alive “For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.” — James 2:26 (ESV) In our Sunday School class this past weekend, we ended our discussion on the verse above, but we only had time
3/11/2022 – Grace Alone
Open in New Tab Here Grace Alone Genesis 33:9 – And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. Jacob and Esau were sons of Isaac. They were fraternal twins. I have been a Baptist all of my life, and have often heard these boys
2/25/2022 – War in a Weary World
Open in New Tab Here War in a Weary World War is a terrible thing. We feel for the people impacted by the war in Ukraine whose homes are being destroyed and whose lives are being lost. We wonder how much suffering they are in and we have great sorrow.
2/18/2022 – Read Your Begats
Open in New Tab Here Read Your Begats Gen 11:10 10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. (KJV) Family trees can be pretty dry stuff. However, we need to pause here and learn some lessons. The
2/4/2022 – The Door
Open in New Tab Here The Door And the LORD shut him in. Genesis 7:16b If you have never done so, I would strongly encourage you to read through the entire Bible. It is likely no surprise to you that each time I read through scripture, I am sharpened and
1/28/2022 – I’ve Got the Joy
Open in New Tab Here I’ve Got The Joy An early memory of mine is getting ready for church on Sunday morning and hearing my older sister sing the song “I’ve got the joy”. She sang the words with gusto, “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my
1/21/2022 – Currencies of Ministry
Open in New Tab Here Currencies of Ministry As I prepared for the pastors retreat this week, I thought about the example of currency as a metaphor for how we use love and wisdom in the context of ministry. I want to briefly share that thought with you all. Currency
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
