Thank you for your input yesterday with your nominations of men to serve our fellowship as deacons.  We have some been blessed by God with gifted, quality men from which to choose.  Over the next few weeks, we will be working through the process seeking to discern the Lord’s will in this matter.  I remind you, we do not “make deacons” we “recognize” them.  We find those the Lord has already given ...  Read More

In Sunday’s worship bulletin (October 4) you will find a deacon nomination form.  You will be given the opportunity to list men whom you feel are qualified and set apart by the Lord to serve our fellowship.  For the last two weeks, we been giving you information and asking you to pray.  Now we are asking for your recommendation.  Who is it the Lord has already given to us as servants?  Again, our ...  Read More

According to the New Testament there are two offices in the local church.  They are pastor and deacon.  Both of these are found in 1 Timothy chapter 3 as the apostle Paul outlines for young Timothy some procedures for establishing the church.  Over the years we have added various offices and ministries to the church that are necessary and vital to the life and well-being of the church but the only...  Read More

It’s hard to imagine it has been 25 years.  The images are so fresh, so vivid in my mind.  When I close my eyes, I can still smell the stench of the fire, dust and who knows what, filling the air.  I was standing at ground zero in New York, one month after the attack on the World Trade Center.  I was there as a Tulsa County Sherriff’s chaplain serving through the Port Authority Police Department. ...  Read More

“Judge not, that you be not judged” (Matthew 7:1).  How many times have you heard that?  It seems it is the only verse some folks know!  Interestingly enough, many of those who quote that verse do not believe the Scriptures have any authority or are binding in any way.  The notion is live and let live, this doesn’t concern you.  Of course, the problem is that it does concern me.  As believers we a...  Read More

I don’t know if you’ve noticed but life is difficult.  Oh, you have noticed.  Well, why is it so difficult?  The short answer is we live in a sin-cursed world.  Our world is ravaged by forces of nature and disease, both courtesy of the fall, and by people’s sinful actions toward one another.  No one is exempt.  If you are not experiencing some form of heartache or difficulty right now, cheer up it...  Read More