INTRO - Last week we started our journey into the discovery of the 10 commandments. Do you know that only the Baptist agree with the Jews when it comes to identifying the 10 commandments from Scripture? Catholics and Protestants (BTW Baptist are not Protestants, we didn’t come out of the Reformation)…

Ten Commandments Let’s start our series by recalling the 10 commandments: You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall make no idols. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. Keep the Sabbath day holy. Honor your father and your mother. You shall not murder. You shall not commit…

A teacher assigned her elementary school students the task of answering some questions about mothers. Here’s how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms: Why did God make mothers? • She’s the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is. • Mostly to clean the house.…

INTRO - This is our last message from our series, “Grace and Power.” Today is our 26th exposition from the book of Galatians. The journey from start to finish never strayed far from the central focus of this letter. In the very last verses of this letter, Paul presses the argument of the letter with…

INTRO - This is the second part to the message we heard two weeks ago. BTW - thank you for all the kind words regarding last week’s message. Today’s message is, also, the second to the last in completing our series from the book of Galatians. Thereafter I have something special in mind to honor and bless…

INTRO - How do you preach a Easter message when COVID-19 has us all confined to our homes? That was my challenge. Honestly, it went easier than I anticipated. I have to tell you a little secret. I really have no idea what the Sunday messages are supposed to be. I always have to ask God to direct my thinking.…

INTRO - Some years ago we had a fellow and his family that came to this church for help. In the course of time, the family seemed to come around to doing much better than they had in many years. We taught the children, loved on the mom, and even baptized the dad. In time, the parents were tempted and…

INTRO - The Spirit of God. His Power, His Provision, & His Path This past week I spent a good amount of time talking with God about His power, His provision, and His path for all of humanity. I believe God’s purpose is to garner my attention towards His all sufficiency in all things. Talking with my…

In our message last week I noted how God already had a message in mind well before the pandemic facing our world today. This message follows right in ling with last week, but with emphasis on loving one another. The temptation might be to bunker down and not have anything to do with other people. However,…

Last week we heard Paul point out the troubling matter of the dangerous turning to the Judaisers who demanded circumcision. Thereafter, Paul summarized some of his themes such as faith, Spirit, righteousness, hope, and love. We spent a good amount of time on the phrase, “faith working through love.”…