Our text on Sunday will focus on Zechariah’s song of praise at the birth of John the Baptist. He understands, via inspiration of the Spirit, that everything is coming to pass. He is literally standing at the pivot point of history. He understands, everything going on … everything happening to him and his family, is the direct fulfillment of everything promised in the Old Testament.  Read More

While we often focus on our younger families as the key to the future … our older members provide us with needed strength, experience, stability, and wisdom. They make the church a better place … a richer place. On Friday I found some stats that say in the United States in 12 years (2034) those 65+ will outnumber those age 18-below. If these trends come into reality, and our church gains more older members, we need to see it as a blessing. It will be, if our older members walk in the way of righteousness. There is no value in being old if you are not godly.  Read More

The Word became flesh, John 1.14a. This is the theology of the birth of Christ. Jesus went through the complete human experience: A baby growing in the womb; born as an infant; life as a child and as a young man; and finally life as a man subject to all the realities of created life. He went so far as to die as the perfect sacrifice for sin. If Jesus didn’t come … if Jesus didn’t become flesh … there would be no salvation. There would be no eternal life. There would be no hope.  Read More

In our lesson on Sunday we’ll move to the next section of John 1 and look at verses 9-13. What does light reveal about itself? In what two ways can we respond to it? What happens to those who receive and believe in the name of Jesus?   Read More

This gospel has been written so that we may believe. Sunday’s sermon will you believe like you never have before.  Read More

My plea for you is to be a Dorcas and address the needs of suffering you encounter. My challenge to you is to be an Abraham or Joshua and start by making sure your family loves God and embraces His ways. The quest I impart to you is simple...consider what you will LEAVE BEHIND.  Read More

John 1.1-18 declares that the word has become flesh. He has come into a dark world and is the light of the world. The time of guessing and groping is over. Days of doubt and uncertainty are finished. The pathway of darkness has become light and the way has become clear. On Sunday, we will examine John 1.1-5 and discover how light is victorious over darkness and why you can rest your soul on this fact.  Read More

We live in a world where we could use more compassion. How can we add to this virtue?  Read More

The Hebrew writer not only intends for us to see what the life of faith looks like, he intends for us to live it; i.e., to get down out of the seats, onto the arena floor and get in the game, to run the race, with a mindset to win, just like those who have gone on before.  Read More

As you reflect over 2021, can you see the providence of God behind this year’s vision plan? Despite the many challenges of the past 21 months, we have endured. We have grown together. We have reached out to God in trust. We have committed ourselves to being good stewards of His tremendous blessings.  Read More

Heaven is what motivates us. We want to see the Savior. We want to hear well done. We want to go to our reward. We want to experience eternal glory. This is the focus of life that is required if we are going to pursue Jesus’ likeness. Since He is a heavenly being, heaven is our place. If we are preoccupied with Him, we are preoccupied with heaven. That means, it really should matter much about what happens here. But, it should matter a whole lot to us about what happens there. Jesus is there. That’s our place.  Read More

As God’s sons and daughters, we place our faith in the rock-solid promises of God, who is incapable of telling a lie. This is the ultimate healing we are all eagerly awaiting for ... hastening the day of our Lord’s return. O Lord come!  Read More