Month: February 2022

In the effort to be kind, accepting, and loving, we can sometimes be harmful and destructive to ourselves and to others. Not telling someone their beliefs and actions are harmful is not only dishonest to them, it sends an dangerous message to all involved.  It approves a destructive behavior that will likely grow and be adopted by others. Christ addresses the seriousness of this reality in Revelation 2:12-17.  He sends a message to the church at Pergamos addressing this very issue. He reminds the church of His watch over them, the good that they have done, but also points out …

Doesn’t sound like much of a slogan for an ad campaign, does it?  Yet the reality is, faithful followers of God have known persecution since the beginning of time.  Why?  Because since the fall in Genesis, this world has been under the influence of Satan and anyone seeking God has been in his crosshairs.  God, however, is never absent in the lives of His children.  He is very much in touch with their pain and their needs. As we continue our study of the book of Revelation, we come to the letter Christ sent to the church of Smyrna.  This …

We are excited to have Bob Mays as a guest speaker for this service.  Bob is a member of the Gideons International and will be sharing about their work and his own experiences spreading God’s Word through their ministry.  We will get to hear first hand stories of the power of God’s Word changing lives. The Gideons International are a body of believers dedicated to making the Word of God available to everyone and, together with the local church, reaching souls for Christ.  They began with just two businessmen in 1908 who were burdened for evangelism and began to place …

Have you ever gotten so wrapped up in doing something that you forgot why you are doing it?  That sounds crazy, and sometimes it’s kind of funny when it happens, but it can be very serious.  A task that starts out brining us joy and satisfaction can become wearisome and mundane if we forget the purpose and value of it. That is what happened to the church in Ephesus 1900 years ago, and sadly, it happens a lot in churches today.  We get so busy doing “God’s Work” that we forget God; we forget who we are serving and why.  …