Jesus said, “The Time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent, and believe in the Gospel.” * By that He meant that He had, after 4000 years of God’s preparation, come to establish His rule in Satan’s realm on the earth. His obedience to the Father would make it possible, and…

Jesus was drawn to and loved broken people but He despised hypocrisy. He never holds us to a standard of human perfection but He does require us to actively pursue righteousness. * DO WE embrace Paul’s “I press on” disposition ** as a condition for Christ-followers? https://biblia.com/bible/esv/philippians/3/12-16 DO WE dare to invite God to search…

We Christians resist self-examination. We are proud individualists who are typically satisfied if we’re doing as well as most at meeting our local church expectations, and especially so if we’re doing better than some. And even more so if we can hide our vices while those of others are more obvious. But Paul writes, “We…

Paul wrote: “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?” (niv) Oh wow! THAT, folks, was written to the Church at Corinth. The saints! Aren’t his “whether you are,” and his “unless,” harsh and insulting?…

My primary ministry gift is as a teacher. I love talking with folks about Jesus and what it means to walk with Him in life, but I’m not an evangelist. We need both, but I’m more a disciple-maker than a convert-maker. As I recall, Jesus instructed us to “go and make disciples.” Remember that? *…

My Covid quarantine is being a powerful time alone with God. His Presence in both my healing and Elaine’s protection, through your prayers; His care and provision through our family; and His instruction/ correction by His Spirit, has deepened my resolve to fearlessly proclaim His goodness, and the glory of the Church and of the…

#1 in a series on Jesus, Son of God – and “Savior and Lord” to all who believe in Him as such and for whom He is coming soon to take us to be with Him forever. It is time to turn our eyes and our hearts toward Him as never before. “Long ago, at…

That scripture (above) provides a place to stand in troubled times. When life around us is mud and mire, Jesus becomes our Rock*. A PATH INTO THE SWAMPInfanticide, including the “passing through the fire” of Israel’s neighbors, was forbidden to them**. Some of the methods used in America in our nearly 1-million abortions per year,…

Well, from the response on Facebook I suspect I hit a raw nerve with my post yesterday. That image of babies being sacrificed to Baal was just too much. After all, we Americans would never do anything so cruel, and if “they” did, we Christians would be one voice and one powerful force against it.…

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. niv Please please PLEASE read this and listen to the online message it links to. I don’t know how you’re thinking about world events, but I highly suspect that you…