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

I’m such a dinosaur.  My kind is all but extinct.  I find myself in conversation with other pastors and think, “Are we talking about the same thing?  Are we reading the same book?  Is this what the church has become?”  It’s not just that I’ve gotten cranky as I’ve gotten older and it’s not that I’m set in my ways and I don’t like this “new fangled music” or these entertainment palaces they call ch...  Read More

I, by nature, am not confrontational.  I don’t like having to deal with difficult situations.  I want to smooth things over.  I want everyone to get along.  Yet there are times to be confrontational.  There are times you must step up and do the uncomfortable or unnatural thing.  I find that confrontation is not that difficult when it involves something I care about.  If someone says something abou...  Read More

What a great day Sunday!  Despite many dealing with sickness, including several dealing with COVID, we had a good crowd for worship Sunday morning and a good showing for the fellowship Sunday evening.  The food was great and the competition was fierce.  In our annual chili battle, Keith Cannon emerged victorious.  Jim Narrin and Eliza Graham followed closely behind.  Eliza claimed the prize on the...  Read More

How about this weather?  You gotta love Oklahoma weather.  Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall often within the same day!  Not a lot on my mind today, I just wanted to remind you of a few things.  One is that our quarterly business meeting is tomorrow evening.  We will meet in the fellowship building at 6:30 PM and review our financial report and consider a few recommendations and vote in some new mem...  Read More

Well, are you thawing out yet?  I missed being with you this past Sunday.  It is just not the same if I don’t get to see my family.  That’s part of the difference Christ makes in the life of the believer.  Our lives are different because of Christ, because of the presence of the Spirit, because we are connected.  That’s what has been on my mind this morning.  So, let me ask you, “What difference d...  Read More