Pastor’s Corner

Our great call is putting our lives and the lives of those around us in a position to hear God call. Without a doubt, God is a caller and there is no calling without a caller. How great is the freedom to which you are called!  Right at the start of the Rule, St. Benedict … [Read more…]

I was talking with Nancy not long ago and I said that I felt that the ol’ devil had too much strength in today’s world. In that conversation, Nancy said something that stopped me in my tracks. She said, “We give the devil the strength.”  The beautiful gift of free will can most certainly be … [Read more…]

I was reading Ephesians Chapter six recently. One of the many things that I just love about God’s Word is when I read something that I have read before, even many times before, and then something out of the blue strikes me or catches my eye like never before. In verse six of this chapter … [Read more…]

I am going to write about the word calling for a couple of these weekly messages. Years ago, Evangelism was much higher on the average Christian’s radar. We have lost our sense of calling. Many of our great grandparents and beyond better understood the need for evangelism. Most people in church have not invited someone … [Read more…]

Ok, I will confess this is a difficult, instructional teaching for the believer. If your heart isn’t open to some instruction, stop reading now.  Ok, let’s look at 1 Peter 2:13. Now this is a tough life view. I mean “submit to every human authority”?  We have forgotten this. In our forgetting this Christian concept, … [Read more…]

Have you ever looked at neighborhoods, trees, shops, and streets this time of year? They are strengthened by something very special. Lights. The lights are everywhere right now. Christmas is the season of lights. Christmas and lights just go together this time of year.               Lights are strung on houses. Lights are now in the windows … [Read more…]

Foundations I’ve been studying 1 Corinthians 3:1-12 lately. You and I are both body (physical) and Spirit (eternal). With our physical body and our Spirit, we are God’s building (verse 9). When you get to verse ten, Paul bridges us to his work, really to his foundation!             What a life he lived for the cause … [Read more…]