Where Sunday's Message Meets Everyday Life

  • Whatever It Takes

    More of the same will not bring change. It never does. More of the same brings more of the same. But … what if the church adopted a whatever it takes attitude toward fulfilling the Great Commission? What if the church embraced a whatever it takes attitude toward growing new believers into mature disciples? What Continue reading

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  • Becoming All Things to All People

    This past Sunday our church considered Jesus’ view of the masses who came to Him. We are not told what the disciples saw when they witnessed people flocking to Jesus. Perhaps they believed they had hit the big time! They may have congratulated themselves on hooking their wagon to a rising star. Whatever they saw, Continue reading

  • Facing Fear with Faith

    God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. (Psalm 46:1-3) Fear is common to us all. Perhaps the greatest of our fears is the fear of the unknown. We Continue reading

  • Sorrow and Comfort

    2 Corinthians 1:3-7 — Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in Continue reading

  • It Is Time to Seek the Lord

    The northern kingdom of Israel was in big trouble. Both the people and their leaders were corrupt. They gave lip service to God while living as if He didn’t exist or at least didn’t care. They had been called to repent time and time again, but they steadfastly refused. The prophet Hosea was one of Continue reading

  • I remember watching the Toy Story movies with my kids, except for the third one that I think I watched on TV with just my wife. Honestly, I enjoyed them. I know they are computer-animated kid’s stuff, but the story lines were pretty good for a movie about toys coming to life. Somehow Pixar and Continue reading

  • A Knock at My Door

    The knock at the door was soft but certain. I thought I could make it out above the sound of the news anchor on TV. As I diverted my eyes from the screen, I could see the dark form of someone through the door’s cut glass. “Must be another Jehovah’s Witness with literature in hand Continue reading

  • Praying for Those in the Path of Chantal

    Having just left the Dominican Republic last week, a piece of my heart is still there. Join me in praying for those in tropical storm Chantal’s path and that it will not  organize into a hurricane. Currently, the expected winds at landfall are 70 mph with landfall sometime Wednesday.  Continue reading

  • Day Eight: Preparing to Fly Home

    One more blog before I go… Today has been pretty relaxing thus far. Everything is packed, and the bus will be here within the hour. We’re hoping to get on our flight home a bit more quickly than last year when we had about an hour just standing in line. Our last team devotional was Continue reading

  • Day Seven: Saying Our Good-Byes

    After our devotional this morning, we loaded up and headed to the school for the final time this trip. After a day of rest it was probably a little harder getting into the swing of things, but we did. After carrying the bags of concrete mix up to the second floor – and, yes, I Continue reading