Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, February 13, 2025.  Let’s relax with Psalm 145 today. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Thursday February 13, 2025.  Today we talk about basic Bible study. The basics of bible translations. And then we get into Psalm 145 and go through it line-by-line.  What or Who is the Psalm actually talking about? How can we tell? We answer those questions and much more today.  JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Keep […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, February 11, 2025.  It is another day in 1 Peter. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters.  It is another day in 1 Peter – but before we get started, we talk a bit about the nature of congregation and keeping families together during church.  And then we get back into 1 Peter 4 and 5 to talk about what it means to suffer for Christ and how to use that to […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, February 6, 2025.  Looking Back and Being Prepared. Good Morning my brothers and my sisters. It is Thursday February 6, 2025 and today we take a little time to look back at Matthew 25 and the teachings of Christ about being prepared for the age to come.  This message applies, of course, to every believer – but it also applies to every local church and to the church universal.  We have choices to make […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, February 4, 2025.  Do Thy Friends Despise, Forsake Thee?  1 Peter 4 Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights got Tuesday February 4, 2025.  We continue today in the Apostle Peter’s first letter as we explore just what it means to be a light in the dark world – and to bear the name of Christ (Christians) in an anti-Christian culture.  My prayer is that these words […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, January 28, 2025.  Into the hard parts of 1 Peter  Are you willing? Good Morning. Good Morning my brothers and my sisters. We are back after a crazy week to delve back into the hard, but simple teaching of Peter in his first Epistle.  Language is the power of culture – to control the language is to control the culture. We take a good look at this concept today as we examine descriptive text, […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Order, Structure, and Obedience from 1 Peter. Sometimes the Bible isn’t so easy to teach. We love the messages about marriage, money, sex, and stress – and how scripture can benefit us in material ways – We don’t always like the more nuanced teaching about the order and structure of our society (and churches) that is based solely on the obedience we show to The Most High.  Today we talk about […]

Turning on the Lights! – Thursday, January 16, 2025. From the Churchtown Church of God. Our identity in Christ and Christ alone. Psalm 118. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters! It is Thursday January 16, 2025 and today we talk about what it means to have our identity in Christ and Christ alone.  I share a bit of personal testimony concerning me and the church and then dig into Psalm 118 which speaks of the authority of […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, January 14, 2025. 1 Peter and being the Cornerstone. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Tuesday January 14, 2025.  Today, we go back into 1 Peter and talk about what it means that Jesus is the Cornerstone and through faith in Him, we become cornerstones.  Along the way, we talk about HOW we go about studying the Bible so that we can always be fair to the TEXT […]

urning on the Lights! – Thursday, January 9, 2025. Another look at holy living through Ephesians 4. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and my sisters and welcome to Turning On the Lights! from the Churchtown Church of God. It is Thursday January 9, 2025 and today we continue to explore the concept of living a holy life that is worthy of our calling as disciples of Christ.  Tuesday we looked at 1 Peter 1 and today we open up […]

Turning on the Lights! – Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Living a holy life in Babylon. Good Morning, Good Morning my brothers and sisters and welcome to Turning on the Lights for Tuesday January 7, 2025.  Today we go back into 1 Peter and talk aboout the reality that every disciples feces – how do we live the holy life we are called to live in the midst of an anti-Christian world? Peter has some words of wisdom that were given […]