As I looked out my window this week, I saw a small bird hurriedly plucking off the last of the green shoots from our crepe myrtle. Summer is gone and the dry season comes on quickly. Shorter days, falling leaves, and empty nut shells left by industrious squirrels lead us toward the dark days of… Read More »
Priestly Service
“you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”-I Peter 2:5 We often make the point all Christians are saints and priests. There is no place in Scripture where a local minister is referred to as… Read More »
The Church Is The Star
“Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I… Read More »
Honor Your Father and Mother
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”-Exodus 20:12 Paul, in Ephesians 6:2, refers to this as the “first command with a promise.” From the beginning of time, God has made plans for our wellbeing through the family structure… Read More »
Coming Out Of The Great Tribulation
The scientific prophets of our age paint a very troubling picture of the next five months. The novel coronavirus has already infected nine-million people in the United States and killed 230-thousand since March of 2020. With winter coming, combined with a regular increase in seasonal flu cases, current projections put this country’s death toll between… Read More »
I’m In The Lord’s Army. Now What?
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”-Micah 6:8 Welcome to the kingdom of heaven, the body of Christ, the flock of God. Your baptism marks the moment you died to… Read More »