This week we celebrate our nation’s founding.  I remember years ago, while in seminary, a fellow student was from England.  Another classmate, not the one who set the curve, asked, “Do you have the fourth of July in England?”  The answer was classic.  “Yes, we have July 4th…but we don’t celebrate it.”Well, we celebrate with fireworks, hotdogs, picnics and a day off.  I’m up for a little flag wavin...  Read More

Well, it’s here…VBS 2024!  We start this evening, Monday, June 24 at 6:00 PM.  The theme this year is “Breaker Rock Beach.”  Our motto for the week is, “God’s Truth Never Changes,” and our memory verse is Romans 12:2, “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.”  Pray for our leaders...  Read More

He had studied long and hard.  He was tireless, working day and night, reading, writing, attending seminars and lectures - he was driven.  He was a college graduate, had earned a master’s degree but he was determined to reach the pinnacle.  He wanted to be called, “Doctor.”  Just as it seemed the illusive title was in sight - tragedy struck.  His main professor, the one overseeing his doctoral stu...  Read More

Admit it.  It chaps you.  You don’t like it any more than I do.  When wicked people “get away” with it – it burns you up.  And yet it seems to happen every day.  We have even set the sentiment in stone when we say, “nice guys finish last.”  We expect the good guy to get burned.  We sing, “I’ve never seen the righteous forsaken,” and we want to believe it, but sometimes we wonder.  Why do the wicke...  Read More

The first question of the Westminster Catechism asks, “What is the chief end of man?”  The answer, “To glorify God and enjoy Him forever.”  The apostle Paul calls on the believers in Corinth to glorify God in all that they do.  Repeatedly in the Scripture we are called upon to give praise, glory and honor to our God.  This is at the heart of worship.  Worship is our natural response to the greatne...  Read More

I have a pastor friend in another state and we talk on the phone regularly.  We call each other in an effort to encourage one another.  We talk about what’s going on in our families and in our churches.  We share our joys and heartaches.  We talk about our struggles.  When he is telling me about the struggles in his congregation I usually say, “Well you know what you ought to do” and then I give h...  Read More