Last week we talked about 6 things you must teach your children before they leave home. Today, we want to talk about 6 ways that you teach these principles to our families. (Let me just remind those of you who do not have children still at home or...

When I was in college and seminary, I always looked with a mixture of fear and excitement for the first day of class. On the first day of class, the professor, in most every case, would distribute a syllabus. It was from that syllabus that you...

Imagine the scene. This is a national sermon. These are instructions to the success and survival of the nation. At the same time, Moses turned the attention on the family. Now, of course, I certainly understand that there is much that is different...

The first step to growth in any area is to be honest about where we are now. And so, you will hear us talk throughout the year about getting real. Specifically, I want to ask us to “get real” about three specific areas. As I prayed about this year...

For the original hears of Hebrews, they lived in a time of crisis. First, there was a theological crisis. People were struggling to identify exactly who Jesus was. Second, it was a time of political crisis. Christians were being persecuted for...

The attitude to do “all for God’s glory” is an attitude that must encompass every area of our lives for it to be true. This principle affects our lives in three ways. We want to make sure that we are “Living for the Glory of God.”

One of the difficulties of being a pastor is to help people through difficult seasons of their life. Usually, there is no advice to give or anything to say that will really change the circumstances. At the same time, saying something like, “Just...

Habakkuk most likely prophesied just before the beginning of the exile when the sin of Judah is at the peak. Habakkuk questioned God as to how long He would allow sin to reign in Judah (1:1-4). God answered back that He was preparing the Babylonians...

In three weeks, which is Sunday, December 5, we are going to have Pat Melancon as our guest speaker. Even though Pat is a missionary, I hesitate to call him a missionary. I hesitate not because of Pat, but because of us. Although it is true that...

The context of our Scripture reading today is a summary of Jesus’ ministry. The specific passage that we have read also immediately precedes Jesus’ appointment of the disciples who are being tasked to go to those who need to hear about Jesus...