Speaking the Truth in Love On Valentine’s Day weekend the focus of my message was the unconditional love of God. As followers of Jesus, we should reflect God’s unconditional love. But does showing unconditional love mean that we should ignore sin or not tell a person the truth? Absolutely not! If we truly love a… Read More »

Fear or Faith? There will be times in our lives when we stand at a crossroads. We are faced with a decision: will we step out in faith and do the hard thing that God has told us to do, or will we be ruled by fear and refuse to do what we clearly know… Read More »

The Word “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16 NIV). While the Word of God can often bring comfort to us, it was not given to us strictly for our comfort, as the verse above from 2 Timothy points out. In fact, there are… Read More »

LOOKING AHEAD  We are a few weeks into 2026. Are you excited about what the new year will bring, or are you more focused on what happened in the past? Some are so focused on what has happened in the past that they have difficulty in looking forward to what the future may hold. The… Read More »

Advent- Peace- Part 2 In a previous blog post, I shared that the primary peace that Jesus offers us is peace with God. He made peace with God possible when he died on a cross for our sins and then was raised from the dead 3 days later. The interesting thing is, when we establish… Read More »

Advent-Peace- Part 1 Another theme we see during the Christmas season is peace. In fact, it was part of the announcement that the angels made to the shepherds. In Luke 2:14, the angels said, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors.” But the angel was not the… Read More »

Advent – Joy Joy is a dominant theme during the Christmas season. After all, what did the angel say in announcing the birth of Jesus to the shepherds in Luke 2:10-11? “But the angel said to them, ’Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all… Read More »

Holiness “But as the one who has called you is holy you also are to be holy in all your conduct, for it is written, ‘Be holy, because I am holy’” (I Peter 1:15-16). Both the Old and New Testaments stress the importance of cultivating personal holiness in the life of a believer. The words… Read More »

Change. Some get excited about it and embrace it. Others despise change and would just rather not deal with it. But the fact is, we cannot get around change. The Bible makes this clear in the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 11. We are creatures who live in time, and we must respond appropriately to the… Read More »