Pastor's Articles from October, 2026

John 19 does not explain the love of God. It shows it. If we ask how much God loves us, John 19 is the answer. The harder question is why that love is so difficult to receive in ordinary life.

On the night before He died, Jesus prayed for people who did not yet exist, asking that we would be brought to complete unity so the world would know that the Father sent Him and loves us. Unity, in this prayer, is not a pleasant extra; it is how the world is supposed to recognize that Jesus is real. Forgiveness is not a feeling we wait to have, but an obedience that makes this unity possible.

On February 3, 1970, Dean Custer Reynolds was scheduled to preach at Asbury College. He did not. He gave his own testimony and sat down. A professor quietly asked if anyone with a hungry heart wanted Christ. Students poured to the altar. Two lines formed. Classes were canceled that day, and then for the week.