Just Give It Away is the title of a number one hit by the George Strait, who is the greatest Country Western singer of all time.  (If you care to dispute this, I suggest you take it up with Audrey!) But it is also what we should do with the Message of Life. Prior to the […]

Have you ever assumed someone would do something for you and it did not get done?  If this happens once it is irritating.  If it continues to happen, it can be infuriating.  You might go to the person asking, “What’s up with this?  I was counting on you, why did they you so irresponsibly?” Did […]

An essential is something that is absolutely necessary.  A non-essential is not.  There are essentials of our Faith.  These would include the Trinity, the Virgin Birth, the Deity of Christ, the Personal Visible Return of Christ, and Salvation by Faith Alone in Christ Alone.  You cannot espouse orthodox Christianity without them.  Modes of Baptism would be considered […]

Often, within a few minutes of meeting someone at a social gathering you are asked, “What do you do?”  This ice breaker gives the other person some simple information about you to continue to conversation.  And for most people, answering the question elicits a minimal reaction.  However, if you are a Mortician, Crime Scene Cleaner, […]

THIS IS THE SECOND “YOU PICK THE PASSAGE” SERMON. The text submitted is 1 John 3:9-10. It is one of the most misunderstood passages in the Bible. This no doubt is because 1 John is one of the most misinterpreted and misunderstood books in the Bible. Our passage in question reads, “No one who is […]

Within our 24-hour news cycle, each day we hear of someone being accused of something and hearing the response “I categorically deny doing that or being involved with that”.  We have all been in a situation where we categorically denied knowing something or someone. However, oftentimes, we can become confident of what we will or will […]

Psalm 8 is a song of praise.  It is the only Psalm in the collection (There are five books of Psalms.) addressed entirely to God.  My mentor in seminary Dr Hugh Ross, calls it a “lyric echo of Genesis 1.” Take a moment and look at the obvious structure.  Verses 1a and 9 are like […]

Our nation just celebrated It’s freedom from England this past Thursday.  Brewing for years it was official in the Declaration of Independence.  It began with the following words:  “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among […]

How to Survive the Jungle As you can see from the picture above, our church has been transformed into a jungle for Vacation Bible School.  Forty-Seven kids are enrolled this year!  Our safari leader Eunice and her able bodied volunteers  have done an incredible job.  Our kids are encountering elephants and egrets, polar bears and […]

This Sunday Michael Brown, our Executive Pastor, will be ordained to the ministry of the Gospel.  This is a first for our church.  The Trustees, and Elders and I invite you to this very special service. This service recognizing the call of God upon Michael’s life includes: •A brief ordination sermon from Michael. •A word […]