Category Archives: From the Pastor’s Desk

The Joy of Knowing Christ as Your King

I just can’t get away from the theme of "Jesus is King." We began looking at this in the last message, the fact that Jesus came in fulfillment of many prophecies naming Him ruler and King, not just of Israel, but of the world. In fact, this is why Herod ordered the massacre of all…

Worshiping Christ as King

This is the season we celebrate the birth of our Savior. We celebrate baby Jesus in the manger, and we talk about all that He has done for us by becoming one of us. It is easy to overlook one very important aspect of Jesus in the midst of His condescension - the fact that…

Christology – the Doctrine of Christ

Where is your trust? That is the question I hope you will consider very seriously as we take our first look at the doctrine of Jesus Christ, known as Christology. Rather than take a purely systematic approach to this doctrine by drawing from a multitude of passages, I want to spend our time looking at…

Why We Need Thanksgiving

Have you ever bought something you already had, because you forgot you have it? I am thinking right now of a tool for my chainsaw I have hanging on the wall in my garage unopened. Why? Because after I got home with it and finally got around to using it, I discovered I already had…

Shoebox Sunday!

Today is one of our favorite Sundays of the year. For the past several weeks (and much longer for some) we have been packing Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to send the love of Jesus to children around the world. All the hard work and sacrificial spending of the church culminates on this day when we…

Hamartiology – The Doctrine of Sin

Where did the idea of sin come from? Is it just some old-fashioned idea that was created to help keep humans in line? Is guilt just a social construct? It would be nice to think that sin and guilt were something fictional that we made up, but I think we all know that is ludicrous. …

Foundations of Our Faith – Anthropology: the doctrine of man

So when we think of anthropology, we tend to think of history and archeology and maybe even sociology or science. The truth is, the study of anthropology has many subsections, but today we want to look at the most important, the origin and purpose of man as taught by God in the Bible. This study…

Foundations of Our Faith Series – Demonology

In the previous message we looked at the doctrine of Satan. He is indeed our enemy, and he is a very powerful one at that. This message is really a continuation of the doctrine of Satan as it addresses the doctrine of demons, Satan's minions who help him in his rebellion against God. Together they…

Foundations of Our Faith Series

The Christian faith is built on the teachings of the Scriptures, God's very words given to us in written form. The religious landscape is full of competing beliefs and world views, many of which hold little resemblance to the clear teachings of Scripture, so it is easy for a person to become confused or led…

Foundations of Our Faith – Satanology

September 11 and October 7 - these dates have some things in common. Two different peace-loving democracies learned a hard lesson on those dates - that you cannot underestimate the power and evil of your enemies. Christians need to learn this lesson as well, but we should avoid learning it the hard way. In this…