They are not particularly the words one wants to hear over the phone when you are told there is a parent holding on the phone… I picked up the phone and the mother ask, “ what did you do to my child? ” Her daughter was elementary age Her daughter a few weeks prior had been at our camp Her daughter while…

As she climbed the pole she did everything to convince herself that twenty-five feet is not really that high up. Slowly after much coaxing and encouragement she is able to pull herself onto the two foot square platform… trembling with fear she looks out to a trapeze bar just five feet in front of her……

As we have studied Galatians we have been looking at the GOSPEL … GRACE … and now we are going to look at our FREEDOM !!! Galatians 5:1 ; 13-14 1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. 13 For you were called to freedom,…

I have always enjoyed watching shows or movies with a good courtroom plot. Growing up Matlock was one of my favorites! The way he handled himself in the courtroom was just fun to watch... Paul himself was one who was comfortable in a courtroom... A skilled and well trained man in law (a pharisee) Skilled…

Paul has been in a mode of Defending the Gospel and had a stern tone with his readers! Galatians 1:6 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; G alatians 3:1 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ…

How often do we seek the temporary pleasures over the eternal in this life? Paul has been arguing in his letter that the Law does not bring life Romans 8:3-4 3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering…

I Promise... two words that can bring great hope or devastation to one’s spirit. With the best of in intentions we promise something and then for one reason or another we go back on our word. This last Friday Lisa and I celebrated 16 years of marriage, a promise we made to each on our wedding day. I…

Backsliding is a scary thing. Driving up an icy hill… Hiking on shale rock on the edge of a mountain... A climber was going up a mountain when he began backsliding down the mountain and over the edge. Hanging by just a branch dangling over the mountain’s edge he begins to call for help! Oh God help me!…