Pastor’s Blog

Fruit Producers! “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,               self-control.”-Galatians 5:22 Over the next nine weeks, I will write about the Spirit’s fruits. When you became a Christian, if indeed    you are one, you were indwelled with the Holy Spirit. Your old self died, was buried with… Read More »

He is Holy! “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”       Rev 4:8 We are told of a fantastic scene in heaven by John. He says that there are “four living creatures, each one of them having six wings,”  and their responsibility is to… Read More »

Fear! When I am afraid, I will trust in you. Psalm 56:3 Fear is a human emotion that all of us have  experienced. Webster defines fear as an unpleasant,   often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger. Oxford defines fear as “the bad feeling that you have when you are in danger, when… Read More »

Never Stop Running! I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim 4:7 As an adult, I always enjoyed working out to stay in shape. My father was my example and   encouragement. When he was 68 and I was 30, he  had a heart attack. When… Read More »

Praying For The Dead? And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, Hebrews 9:27                 Is it biblical to pray for the dead? The short  answer is no. As the writer of Hebrews points out, when we die, there are no more second chances. If you… Read More »

He Has Risen! For I delivered to you as of first importance what  I also received, that Christ died for our sins          according to the Scriptures, and that He was  buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 1 Cor. 15:3-4  Today, we gather as the Bride of Christ… Read More »

Palm Sunday So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of         Israel!” John 12:13  This Sunday is Palm Sunday. On that Sunday of Passion Week, Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey.   This event… Read More »

The Flood “For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them    all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.” Matthew 24:38-39  There… Read More »

Words Have Meaning! And both the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”   Luke 15:2 In the English language, one word can have many meanings. Take love, for example. I love pizza, my dogs, my kids, my wife, and God, but I don’t love any of those… Read More »

En Garde! “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 1 John… Read More »