Pastor’s Blog

Does God Love Everyone? “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”… Read More »

They will hate you! “And you will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.” Matthew 10:22  Dr. James White commented at the G3 Conference in Northern Virginia that got my attention. He referred to being placed in a Gulag.… Read More »

Separated! Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers; or what partnership have righteousness and  lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? Corinthians 6:14-15 One question I get asked almost every year is whether I will officiate a… Read More »

Is it Finished? Therefore, when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. John 19:30 When I was in Minnesota visiting my sister’s family the week before my sister died, I was asked a question that I have been asked many times before.… Read More »

IT IS WELL  “Please run now to meet her and say to her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’” And she answered, “It is well.“ (2 Kings 4:26) When the Prophet Elisha spotted the Shunamite woman he was kindly acquainted with, riding a donkey… Read More »

Why Pray? Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ    Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16 -18 My father was a 2nd LT during WWII and fought the Nazis in France and Germany in 1944-45. The one thing he told me was there was no atheist in… Read More »

Sheltered “The name of Yahweh is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is set securely on high..” Proverbs 18:10  During his recent visit, I was conversing with my youngest son Jesse about his high school years. He thanked me for raising him in a home that loved Jesus and sheltered him from… Read More »

Not Exactly! “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 I have seen this verse tattooed on people, displayed on screen savers, and hung on walls in homes and offices. One big problem with this verse is that most people don’t know what it means. Growing up, I loved watching nature… Read More »

The Cost of Sin! Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. Galatians 6:7 As followers of Christ, we know that we have been forgiven of our sins. Not because of anything we have done but because of what Jesus did. What did He do?   … Read More »

When Love is Wrong! Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15 At first glance, it seems strange to think that God would not want us to love the things of this world. However,   we… Read More »