Month: January 2022

For many, church is something they go to.  It is “that building with the big steeple” or maybe it’s “that gathering we attend each Sunday”.  Some have it more correctly when they refer to the church as a group of people who meet each week to worship God.  The question is, do we realize how important the church is?  Church should never be seen simply as a building, a place, or just a casual gathering.  The church is the heart of God’s plan for the world. In our age of celebrating the individual it is easy for us to miss …

The issue of abortion is difficult, no matter how you look at it.  It is emotionally and politically charged.  All to often, when it is talked about, people get mad and hurt and for that reason, we tend to avoid discussing it.  That is unfortunate. Today I want to address this difficult topic by beginning with the Gospel.  I believe that we as Christians should have the Gospel shape all our conversations.  We should look to God’s Word and the example of Jesus when confronting these issues.  In God’s Word we find truth, to make sure we are speaking what …

The most important part of reading the book of Revelation and seeing the Lord.  For this reason, John begins by telling us his vision of the risen and glorified Savior.  Today we will focus on this part of chapter 1 as we continue studying chapter 1 of Revelation. As mentioned before, this study of the book of Revelation will not be full of sensationalism, hype, contemporary identification of political leaders,  or date setting.  It will be a verse by verse study focused on seeing the message God intended us to read and know AND applying that message.  At the heart …

What do you know about the book of Revelation? What do you think of when someone mentions this book of the Bible? Do you think of weird symbols and creatures? Do you think of bizarre predictions and failed attempts to determine the exact date of the return of Christ and the destruction of the world as we know it? Do you think of a book that is impossible to understand and of little value to people to today? I’d like to ask you to set aside all your preconceptions, all your attempts to connect the Antichrist with Donald Trump, Barak …