The Apostle Paul encourages us to “be watchful in all things, endure afflictions,…fulfill your ministry.” (cf. 2 Timothy 4: 5)

Paul penned this letter during his second Roman imprisonment -knowing he would soon be executed.  Other than Jesus Himself, no one else has gone through afflictions like Paul.  Yet...

Father’s and Mother’s day have always been a more difficult time for me to preach.  I’m not sure why?  I am fortunate to still have both of my parents, whom I love and I know that they love me.  I am fortunate too to have good memories of my childhood.   So why the difficulty?   Maybe its because...

By faith I chose to believe God’s word.  From Genesis 1: 1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  To Revelation 22: 20, “surely I am coming quickly.”  And all in between:  Psalm 117: 2, “…and the truth of the LORD endures forever.”; John 1: 1, “In the...

Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will by now means pass away.” (Matthew 24:35)   Truth matters, more importantly, truth as written in God’s word matters, and according to Jesus (the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14)) is of eternal, everlasting significance.  It is when the Word...

Memorial Day - a time to remember.  A time to remember those who gave their lives for the freedoms that we enjoy.  A time to remember loved ones, family and friends that have passed on recently and a long time ago.  A time to remember that there is life beyond the grave.  A time to remember “thus says the LORD; stand in...

Happy Mother’s Day!  As we pause to “thank and honor” our Mother’s present and past, womanhood is under attack.  Mother’s and women in general are so vitally important and critical to our society and to God’s church.  From the very beginning God created male and female.  The bible says that...

Essential Theology for Troubling Times

Tithing and Stewardship

From the very beginning, humankind was created to be steward’s of God’s creation.  The bibles says in Genesis 1:26, “Then God said, ‘let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds...

Essential Theology for Troubling Times

The Second Coming

“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with a voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.  And the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then those who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the...

Essential Theology for Troubling Times

The Kingdom of God

“Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘see here or see there!’  For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” (Lk 17:...

Essential Theology for Troubling Times

The Authority of Scripture

The bible, sixty-six books contained in one, penned by forty different authors (“holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” - 2 Peter 1:21b), over fifteen hundred years with one central message - “…that Christ died for our sins according...