Pastor’s Blog (Page 28)

Dear Woodland Hills Family, As I have been studying and reflecting on the events surrounding Christ’s crucifixion, I came across this artwork depicting the Via Dolarosa (the”Way of Suffering”) which Jesus took as He carried His cross to the place of His death. In this piece, artist Jon McNaughton depicts a large crowd standing by as Jesus carries His…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, For the last 3 years I’ve been cultivating a relationship with a man who’s been renting a building I own. I’ve had the opportunity to share the Good News with him on a few occasions. He is not at all receptive, but I am praying that in time he will give his life to the Lord Jesus. Not long ago our relationship hit a pretty big…

Julio Diaz is a social worker in his thirties who lives in the Bronx. As he stepped off the subway one night, a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife. “He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go,’” Diaz says. As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If…

A Tale of Two Passions 1.  Recently on “Chopped,” a cooking show that pits culinary artists against each other in a competition to find the top chef, one of the contestants related the high cost of becoming an exceptional chef. He recounted a realization he’d had early on: he would not be able to achieve greatness in his career and succeed in his…

Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. (Gen 6:22) Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him. (Gen 7:5) When God tells us something once, it’s significant. But when He says it again, we need to really perk up our ears–He’s alerting us to something of particularsignificance. So let’s hone in on this…

How sad. In Genesis 1:31 God “saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” Yet, a mere ten generations later in 6:11-13, “the earth was corrupt in the sight of God… God saw the earth and behold it wascorrupted, because all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.” This word “corrupt” refers to something being…