Any time someone is mistreated or killed, especially when he/she is not guilty nor resisting arrest, we should all be outraged. And I do not know of anyone who disagrees with the outrage that has resulted from the recent murder of George Floyd, and others before him. And I support...
We hope and pray that our Governor will allow our “state of health emergency” to expire on Friday, June 12th. If so, we plan to re-open for corporate worship at 10:30 a.m. on campus on Sunday morning, June 14th, with a modified format (no small group activities, no Sunday...
Although our governor’s “shelter-in-place” order expired on Thursday, April 30th, the “state of emergency” was not set to expire until May 13th, but the latter has now just recently been extended to June 12th. Therefore, we are unable to know at this...
Celebrating Mother’s Day on May 10th will be extra special this year, because it will be our first corporate worship service on campus in nine weeks, but even then it will be a scaled back morning together. For instance, we will not be having our small group Bible studies during the...
While churches throughout our community, nation, and world are not able to worship corporately, may I provide you with some important updates? Healthy Reminders I want to begin by sharing three very healthy reminders as we all face this Coronavirus pandemic: If you follow all of...
This past Monday, our President said that they are advising groups no larger than 10 to congregate for the next 15 days. Our President is not an alarmist, but he also said that these Coronavirus challenges could continue through next July or August, after which the Dow plummeted 3000...
When you set a goal that you were not able to achieve, what is one of the first things that comes to mind? Probably failure, right? We set a goal to achieve, it was not realized, and so it all seems like a complete loss, right? But that may not be true! For example...
Parents and grandparents, may I ask you to please discuss the following realities with those within your circle of influence, especially with your impressionable children and grandchildren? It is becoming more and more important that you/we do so. The sex of every human being is...
Many books and sermons have been produced to tell us that the biblical model for a pastor as leader is that of servant, shepherd, visionary, CEO, teacher, disciple maker, and/or counselor/chaplain. But what about the biblical model of pastor as father? Consider this: The Bible tells...
Each Sunday morning the silent Christian was seen leaving his home for the church building two blocks away. With his Bible in hand, he walked toward the church campus with the cadence of expectancy. Across the street from this faithful saint there lived a self-styled skeptic who...