It’s on my mind…This coming Sunday evening, April 28, we have the opportunity to recognize and express our appreciation for Bobby and Teresa Smith.  Bobby has served us well for the last 12 years as our worship leader.  Of course, he grew up here at Trinity and before stepping into his current role had come back as a member after having served in several churches in the area.  Bobby and I have bee...  Read More

We live in uncertain times.  We are reminded daily that our world is fragile.  Things can change rapidly with far-reaching and lingering consequences.  Witness the attack on Israel by Iran over the weekend.  It will be a while before we know the consequences, but the possibilities are frightening.  Add to the political volatility the moral confusion so evident all around us, our increasingly secul...  Read More

It was a hard letter to write.  It is not the letter Jude wanted to write, Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert th...  Read More

The older I get the more I understand the need for balance (not just that I’m getting old and feeble and thus worry about breaking a hip) but balance of perspective socially, politically and theologically.  Yes, I have a certain political perspective.  I’m of a conservative persuasion but I’m not in lock step with conservatives on every issue.  I’m reformed in my understanding of Scripture and how...  Read More

I just feel so “out of step.”  It is easy to think, “It must just be me” because everyone else seems to be fine with things.  When I look around, I see things that cause my blood to boil and makes me feel as if my head is going to explode while others seem content with the status quo.  I was just talking about this last week at my club, “The Old Curmudgeon Society.”  I really don’t want to be that...  Read More

I get it.  I’m tired of the experts.  Whether it is sports, politics or movies or well, you name it, I’m tired of those folks who with great confidence and authority tell everyone else just how things are.  Yet, I have to acknowledge that we do have responsibility, biblically, to confront error.  When a person claims to speak for God, that person a responsibility to defend the truth they declare. ...  Read More