Pastor’s Blog (Page 22)

Let’s be honest. When was the last time you found yourself in a personal crisis… and these words were on your lips? You and I love and follow the Lord. No question. And we regularly get on our knees when things go awry. That’s a good thing. But as we think back on those times of prayer and the content of our supplications, what portion of our prayer was…

I am neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I can predict with 100% accuracy what you will say in the not-too-distant future: Not one of the good promises the Lord made me failed. Every last one was fulfilled. It’s not that I have had a prophetic vision into your future. I make that prophesy based on the character of God, who always does what He says He…

Please allow me to state the obvious:  It was GOD who performed the miracle (parted the Jordan River).  It was the PEOPLE who prepared the memorial (12 stones). If you had been in God’s place and performed that miracle, how might you have handled this whole memorial thing? Would you have settled for just any 12 river rocks the men chose…

You’ve probably seen these “No Fear” slogans around. I often spot them on the back window of 4-wheel drive monster trucks–those trucks with tires taller than most cars. I don’t know, I guess they want us to think they don’t fear anything. (Except maybe a bigger, badder monster truck?) Actually, deep down, I think they must be afraid of…

Truer words could not have been spoken to the people of Israel then, and more fitting words could not be spoken to us in our present crisis. Indeed, we have not been here before, have we?! It sounds as if the four priests who carried the ark were directed in some supernatural way as they walked so that they went exactly where the Lord wanted them to. And the…

No doubt you’ll recognize these words from Achan’s confession. God had clearly forbidden the taking of plunder from the city of Jericho–all gold, silver or bronze was to be dedicated to the Lord, and everything else was to be burned. But Achan said, “When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar…