Pastor’s Blog (Page 31)

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…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, What was it like just before the flood? God tells us: “the earth was filled with violence” (Gen 6:11). The word “violence” in Hebrew is hamas. It means “violence, wrong.” Arabic also has the wordhamas but in this language it means “enthusiasm.” In yet another twist, hamas is also an acronym…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, You may be immune to this sort of thinking.  I am not.  It happens whenever I step back to take a look at my life’s accomplishments.  It’s especially acute when I compare my accomplishments with others’ (yes, I know comparisons are dangerous).  Inevitably, these look-backs produce varying degrees of discouragement.  The voice…

If you were at WHCC on Christmas Sunday you heard our special guest speaker, Jesse Shepherd.  Mr. Shepherd told us first-hand about the night the angels’ announcement led him and the other shepherds to Bethlehem to see the baby in the manger. Afterwards, WHCC enews caught up with Jesse Shepherd at Starbucks for an exclusive interview.  We thought you’d enjoy…

Taxes! Christmas is only four days away and our Congress and President are locked in an impasse over taxes. Our taxes! Funny how things stay the same, isn’t it? Two thousand Christmases ago everyone was in an uproar over taxes, too. Same song, different verse. The emperor then was Caesar Augustus, a brilliant man and formidable ruler of a vast empire. So highly…