Pastor's Articles from 2025

Ben Franklin quoted Psalm 127:1. His speech urged delegates to seek divine guidance, reminding them of God's providence in securing victory against the world's greatest army and navy. This led to the tradition of opening congressional sessions with prayer.

Pray for God to create opportunities to forgive, guiding you to the right moment, words and attitude to bring healing.

Look through these disciplines of a disciple again: worship, Bible study, prayer, evangelism, service, fellowship and tithing. How can you grow in each of these?

He will always be there, guiding, strengthening, healing and helping according to His perfect will.

We are often afraid of what people think, or God telling us what we don't want to hear, or many other things. This is not the beginning of wisdom.

Let's look at three of the main barriers to being used by God to do miracles: arrogance, control, and rebellion.

How many times have you done something nice for someone, made a sacrifice, or organized an event and never got thanked, or were even noticed? Have you ever been chastised or ridiculed for trying to help? This is when the theology of Eek the Cat really gets important.

When we desire to be missionaries in our own neighborhood, we need to fall in love with the lost and learn the culture of the unchurched.

Few people say words to build others up, so few people hear words that build them up.

When they are faced with crucifixion by the leaders of the day, the spiritual answer is to be obedient to God.

Jesus uses these storms to make us stronger, not in ourselves, but in our faith.

Even in the most painful of places, in the most tragic and horrific of stories, love and beauty can unfold in ways we never imagined.

What does it look like to humble ourselves before the Lord to be used by Him?

It is about Jeremy, who was born with a twisted body, a slow mind and a chronic, terminal illness that had been slowly killing him all his young life.

In today’s world there are many cynical and skeptical people who don’t believe God exists. They can’t see Him, smell Him, taste Him, touch Him or hear Him. If we can’t perceive Him through our five senses, then it is senseless to believe in Him.

Seeing clearly is not an easy thing. Our eyes can be tricked into seeing things that are not there, missing things that are there and completely misunderstanding what we are seeing.

Many Christians talk about the Spirit, but don’t know much about the person and work of Holy Spirit. The Spirit is often given credit when things happen people can’t explain, but that is about it. I hope this brief description and Biblical guide will be of help.

There are lots of jokes about heaven on the internet. Perhaps because the Bible is our best source of information and it is not overly concerned about telling us about heaven. Also, the Bible must use language we can understand, so it is limited in how to explain the absolute glory of the perfect place heaven is. Today, I am going to share an overview of some of what the Bible teaches us about heaven that people are most curious about.

What is the most twisted chapter in the Bible? The answer has to be Judges 19. When I read the book of Judges, I always have a very eerie feeling that I am living out this cycle, and I don’t like where my nation and I are in the cycle.

What are your sources of authority? Have you ever had a source of authority prove false? Is the Bible your most important source of authority? Why or why not?

Do you think our nation would respond to a presidential call to fast and pray for the nation? Would you? Psalm 127:1 reminds us, “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” May God be glorified as He builds the house that is America!

Do you have an important decision you are dealing with right now? Try using the four ways to discern the will of God, and see if God doesn’t give you more clarity. May God be glorified as He uses you to advance His Kingdom.

God wants more from us than belief in Him. satan believes there is a God. How important is your faith in God to everything you do? Have you placed God at the center of your life in every way? If you choose to do so, then God will be glorified in all you think, say, and do.

When was the last time you confessed Jesus as your Lord and Savior? Please do it again today, or maybe for the first time. What was the greatest sacrifice you ever made for someone else? May God be glorified in all you think, say, and do.

How often do you turn to prayer to discern what God is doing in your life, and seek to do things according to His will? When things aren’t going right, do you trust your own wits and wisdom first, or quickly turn to prayer to find God’s answers? Do you have a regular prayer routine in good times, where you learn to listen for God’s gentle whisper to your soul, or do you primarily pray when you are in trouble? May we give God all the glory when He uses us to advance His Kingdom.

As you begin a new year, does God have a great adventure waiting for you? How do you discern what God’s will is? Have you fallen in love with your comfortable life? How do you get started being faithful and obedient to God in a new way?