Pastor’s Posts

The Book of 2 Kings

10/07/2023

Two nations taken in captivity. The warnings of prophets unheeded, The lives of prophets persecuted.   Sometimes, evil is easy to see. But evil can don a pretty disguise: The “pragmatic” and “necessity.”   When evil inside me goes unnoticed It will slowly dissolve my relations … Drama, conflicts, fights, and separations.   Sinking down…

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The Bible

09/19/2023

Over the next three weeks on Sunday morning, we are going to be looking at the Bible. I know what you’re thinking, “Don’t we do that every week?” Yes, by the grace of God we do, but over the next few weeks, we are going to be looking at the book, or in this case,…

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Book of Joshua

09/18/2023

Worse battles within than without. Your battles are not with people. Battles fought in the heart win out.   Be careful what you make “First Place.” With time it’s easy to destroy Whatever else you most embrace.   Don’t mistake this life for heaven. In heaven, love and comfort, then. Expect it now? Hearts will…

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What is the Bible

08/23/2023

Human and Divine Literature   “God works with his human partners in and through the Spirit, not to override or diminish human agency but to empower his people to become vehicles of God’s heavenly life here on Earth” The Bible is neither a collection of golden tablets dropped from heaven, nor the work of human…

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Hard Hearts

08/14/2023

Eyes that will not see, Ears that will not hear. “I see what I want to see. And hear what I want to hear.”   It’s all too true of mankind. We’re too often, locked in one’s mind, “I’ve already made up my mind! Faith? Why I’d rather fly blind!”   Are “the open-minded” Even…

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WORDS IN THE WIND

08/14/2023

Words sent out on the morning wind, Headed downwind? A tailwind? Or trapped in a swirling whirlwind? Going nowhere in a headwind? My words, like seeds in the wind? Fertile ground, will they find? Where will they land, These seeds from my hand? The hard, crusty path? Oh, the aftermath… In stout weeds and thorns?…

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