Pastor’s Blog (Page 16)

One of my mother’s Thanksgiving meal traditions was to place before each table guest several kernels of corn. Prior to the meal we would pass around a small bowl. And as the bowl came to each of us we would drop a kernel in the bowl and share one thing we were thankful for over the last year. Inevitably, one or more of us had had a difficult year. Or perhaps a loved one…

I am beyond thrilled to be a part of a church family that takes the Great Commission this seriously. My sincere thanks to each of you who sought the Lord over your part in our faith promise venture and determined to make His last command your first priority. But I confess I’m nervous. With all the uncertainties and difficulties of these present days, how on earth are we…

If you want to walk on water, you’ve got to get out of the boat. The book by that name* is of course a reference to the disciple Peter, who responded in faith to Jesus’ invitation to walk to Him on the water. He believed Jesus could enable him to do what was impossible otherwise.** This Sunday it will be our opportunity to respond to Jesus’ invitation to walk on…

The Philippian, Thessalonian, and Berean followers of Jesus were begging. Begging earnestly, begging insistently, begging urgently. For what? They were begging for the favor of participating in the support of the saints.1 You see, the believers in Jerusalem were suffering from poverty and a famine. And hundreds of miles away in the Macedonian province of Greece, these…

The Global Impact Celebration (GIC) is almost here! So this Sunday we’ve asked guest speaker Dr. Bill Jones to whet our appetites for all things missions. We’ll be pausing our journey through the book of Galatians for these next 4 Sundays. Actually, however, you might say it’s not so much a pause as it is an opportunity to flesh out (catch the pun?) an important theme in…

Hypocrite. What a stinging indictment! In the letter to the Galatians, Paul charged some people with hypocrisy. Ouch! No doubt you’ve seen the masks ancient Greek actors wore on the stage: a smiling mask for when they recited lines of comedy, and a frowning mask for when they spoke of tragedy. The actors who wore these masks had their true identity hidden so that they…